A letter from the Revolutionary Association of Textile Workers to the revolutionaries on the barricades in Tahrir Square, Alexandria and Suez Original Arabic here 29 November 2011 Eleven days behind the barricades in the squares of Egypt is proof that the revolutionaries have reclaimed revolutionary legitimacy in seventeen provinces. Yet although the revolutionaries have offered…
Leaflet by EFITU being distributed in Tahrir Square today, 2 December No to al-Ganzoury’s cabinet appointments … No to ‘yellow’ trade unions In the context of the Military Council’s continued counter-revolutionary campaign, and in particular its insistence that Al-Ganzoury must form a government, despite the demand by the revolutionaries of Tahrir Square for a national…
رسالة التضامن من العمال المضربين في بريطانيا مع نضال المتظاهرين في ميدان التحرير والميادين الأخرى في مصر English here في 30 نوفمبر سنشارك بالإضراب مع ملايين من من زملائنا للدفاع عن نظام المعاش ووظائفنا والخدمات العامة من هجوم حكومة ديفيد كاميرون عليها. وبنسبة للكثيرين منا هذا هي الأكبر معركة من حياتنا فلم تشرك مئات الآلآف…
Original Arabic here -posted online 28 November 2011 Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions The workers and peasants are the voice of the Egyptian Revolution The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions and all its 139 affiliated unions, with their collective membership of 1,670,000, call on the Egyptian people (youth, workers and peasants) to block…
Important Statement The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions announces its participation in the sit-in today (19 November 2011), under the slogan ‘Achieve the goals of the revolution which have been manipulated for the last ten months’. Change – Freedom – Social Justice Change: The henchmen of the old regime are still in positions of…
Over 1000 British trade unionists at the Unite the Resistance convention on 19 November pledged to send a message of solidarity to protesters in Tahrir Square and elsewhere in Egypt as they faced brutal attacks by the security forces. The audience heard the following statement from Dr Mohammed Shafiq, president of the Manshiyet al Bakri…
Dr Mohammed Shafiq, President of the Independent Union of Workers in Manshiet al-Bakry General Hospital, talks about the struggle of health workers to build independent unions and bring about a revolution in Egypt’s health system. The union was founded in the wake of Mubarak’s overthrow and led a revolution of its own within the hospital,…
30 September 2011 To the British Trade Union Congress and affiliated unions Dear Brothers and Sisters, We greet you in the name of hundreds of thousands of Egyptian workers who are entering a great battle to complete the goals of our great revolution of social justice and cleansing our country of corruption. We founded the…
رسالة التضامن من معلمين في اسلينجتون بلندن إلى الأخوات والإخوة في مصر. نشارك حالياً بمعركة مع حكومة الإئتلاف حزب المحافظين وحزب الليبرالي الديمقراطي في بريطانيا التي يحاول بكل قوتها بتفرض على العاملين بالأجر ثمن الأزمة الإقتصادية سببوها أصحاب العمل والبنوك. شاركنا بإضراب ناجح يوم 30 يونيو الماضي مع 700000 عامل من أجل دفاعاً بالنظام المعاش…
Open letter in solidarity with Egyptian teachers As the new school term starts across Egypt tens of thousands of teachers are on strike. They are demanding: The resignation of the Education Minister, a leading figure in Mubarak’s old ruling party Improvements in their pay – they want £164 per month guaranteed without having to do…
MENA Solidarity Network 