Statement by Unjum Mirza, Political Officer, London Region RMT in solidarity with the independent unions in Egypt in their struggle against the draft Constitution. Read the English here بالنيابة عن لجنة النقابة العامة لعاملين بالسكك الحديدية النقل العام والملاحة البحرية في منطقة لندن، أريد أن أبعث بتحياتي و تضامني لإخواننا وأخواتنا في مصر الذين كانوا…
Statement from United Left in Unite the Union 8 December 2012 عربي We declare our solidarity with our. Egyptian brothers and sisters who are fighting to defend the freedoms they won in the 25 January Revolution. We strongly condemn the attacks on peaceful protesters opposing the draft Constitution, and the assault by the Egyptian government…
Statement by United Left in Unite the Union condemns attacks on demonstrators against the constitution in Egypt (read the English here) بيان من منظمة اليسار المتحدة بنقابة يونيت البريطانية نعلن كامل تضامنا مع إخوتنا و أخواتنا المصريين الذين يناضلون للدفاع عن الحريات المكتسبة في ثورة 25 يناير. نحن ندين بشدة الهجمات على المتظاهرين السلميين المعارضين…
The UGTT union federation, which represents hundreds of thousands of Tunisian workers, has called a general strike on 13 December in response to attacks on its offices by thugs affiliated to the ruling Islamist Ennahda Party. (Read the full statement here in French) Mohamed Sghaeir Saihi, deputy secretary of the UGTT’s regional executive in the…
Dear friends, On 17 November I was invited to speak at the Unite the Resistance Conference in London, and I asked you for your solidarity with the workers’ movement in Egypt. Today we need your solidarity more than ever. Activists have been fighting to overthrow the Constituent Assembly which represents no-one except the Muslim Brotherhood.…
The Independent Teachers’ Union in Egypt called on its members to join protests against the Constitutional Declaration announced last week by President Mohamed Morsi. In a statement issued on Sunday 25 November, the union condemned the “dictatorial decisions” adding “we reject the new Pharaoh, we reject those who who would trade in the blood of…
The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU) issued a statement on Sunday, rejecting the Consitutional Declaration announced by President Mohamed Morsi and calling on workers to mobilise against the decree. Mass demonstrations have been called by opposition groups in protest at Morsi’s announcement. What you can do: Rush messages of solidarity to the Egyptian…
نقلاً عن الإتحاد المصري للنقابات المستقلة لماذا نرفض الإعلان الدستوري أخي العامل …أختي العاملة عندما سمعنا الإعلان الدستوري الذي خرج علينا به رئيس الجمهورية محمد مرسي بتاريخ 21 نوفمبر سأل كل منا نفسه وزميله وزميلته، هل لنا علاقة بهذا الإعلان ؟ هل هو مفيد بالنسبة لنا أم سيكون ضارا بنا وبمصالحنا؟ أم أنه لا علاقة لنا…
MENA Solidarity Network has organised for Mohamed Sghaier Saihi, spokesperson for the teachers’ union in the UGTT union federation in the Kasserine region of Tunisia, to visit the UK at the invitation of the Ealing and Oxford local associations of the National Union of Teachers. Read more on Kasserine’s struggle since the Tunisian revolution here.…
To download this article as a leaflet click here Since the revolution of 2011 nearly 1000 independent trade unions have been created in Egypt. Under the old regime, the sole legal trade union was the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF), which was controlled by the state. The independent unions have been at the heart of…
MENA Solidarity Network 