Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions 5 September 2011 Over the coming few days hundreds of thousands of workers will exercise their right to strike and organise sit-ins, in defiance of all attempts to intimidate them and prevent them from exercising these rights, such as the law criminalising strikes and protests. The 22,000 textile workers…
Egyptian Independent Union Federation 12 August 2011 Solidarity Statement The Egyptian Independent Union Federation declares its solidarity with workers who are facing dismissal and victimisation as a result of their efforts to found independent unions in their workplaces. The Federation will do everything in its power to defend the rights of workers in the petroleum…
Egyptian Independent Union Federation 12 August 2011 The Egyptian Independent Union Federation declares its complete support for the legitimate demands of Egyptian teachers, as expressed by the campaign led by the Independent Teachers’Unionover the following issues: The resignation of the Minister of Education, a member of the Political Secretariat of the dissolved ruling party The…
Independent unions at six hospitals have taken their first steps towards regular co-ordination. Representatives from Manshiyet al-Bakri Hospital, Al-Du’aa Hospital, Al-Zawiya al-Hamra Hospital, Al-Abbasiyya Mental Health Hospital, Al-Munira Hospital and Al-Haram Hospital issued a statement on 9 August pledging to meet regularly in order to build the independent unions across the health sector. They will…
Independent trade unionists and workers’ rights organisations welcomed the decision of Egypt’s Minister of Labour, Ahmad al-Borai, to dissolve the administration of the Mubarak-era Egyptian Trade Union Federation. Riot police stood guard outside the ETUF headquarters in Cairo on 7 August and its former officials – staunch supporters of the old regime – were unceremoniously…
(picture by Hossam el-Hamalawy: Transport workers protest outside the trial of their union president, Ali Fattouh) More than 30 independent unions and human rights organisations called on Egypt’s government to amend the draft bill on trade union freedoms and to ensure that its provisions quickly become law. A statement issued by trade unionists meeting at…
A detailed report by members of the UK trade union delegation to Cairo May 2011 organised by MENA Solidarity Network, written by members of the UCU, RMT, PCS, CWU and NUT unions. Click below for pdf version MENASolidarity_Egyptindependentunions Copies are also available to order for £2 each (+p&p) from menasolidarity@gmail.com
Egyptian Independent Union Federation Letter to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces 28 June 2011 We present this letter to you in the name of the independent unions which were set up before the glorious revolution in the face of opposition from the State Security apparatus, the dissolved National Democratic Party, and the Egyptian…
Kamal Abu Aita, president of the Egyptian Real Estate Tax Authority Union and one of the founders of the Egyptian Independent Union Federation visited the UK 29 June to 2 July, as a guest of the RMT London Region. He spoke to us about the challenges that the independent unions are facing now in Egypt…
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