Egypt: Textile workers in Mahalla walk out – video
Striking workers at the Misr Spinning mill in Mahalla al-Kubra chanting for the minimum wage and against Mubarak’s cronies.
Video: Outlawing the Egyptian Revolution
What you can do: Print out these posters [anti_protest_poster_bw and anti_protest_poster] and send us a solidarity picture via Facebook or Twitter (@menasolidarity). Use this Free the Detainees sign Pass a resolution in your union branch condemning the anti-protest law Write urgently to the Egyptian authorities calling for the release of all political detainees and an end…
UK: Message of solidarity from RMT union to Egypt protests
Unjum Mirza, Political Officer for the London region of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), speaking at the Egyptian Embassy in London – 30 June 2013 أنجم ميرزا – ممثل اللجنة النقابية لمدينة لندن من النقابة العامة للعمال السكك الحديدية والملاحة البحرية والنقل – أمام السفارة المصرية في لندن 30 يونيو 2013 أود…
Egypt: ‘Workers are stronger than the attacks of the regime’
Hind Abdel Gawad, a trade unionist and revolutionary activist from Zagazig in Sharqiyya province, Egypt, talks about the challenges facing the workers’ movement in Egypt in a video message for Manchester TUC’s May Day rally, 4 May 2013. Hind, who played a leading role in strikes by Information Centre workers before the revolution, visited London…
Egypt: ‘We’re paid by the penny’ – Rail strikers tell their stories
Striking Egyptian train drivers explain their demands and the repression they faced from the army during their strike. The opening title says: “7 April 2013 – train drivers began a national strike for the first time since 1986 in order to win the following demands: 1. Bonus payment 2. Meal allowance payment 3. Increase in…
Egypt: Video collection – Revolution and Egyptian workers
The first in Mosireen film collective’s playlist of short films about Egyptian workers and the revolution. To see the English subtitles click on ‘CC’ underneath the Youtube player. For the full playlist of films go here
مصر: رسالة التضامن من المعلمين المضربين في لندن إلى عمال النقل العام
يرسل المعلمين المضربين في لندن تحيات التضامن إلى عمال هيئة النقل العام في القاهرة. يضرب 70 الف مدرس وأستاذ الجامعة عن العمل اليوم إحتجاجاً على هجوم الحكومة البريطاينة ضد نظام المعاش. يقول نيك جرانت من نقابة المعلمين في بريطانيا “تسرق الحكومة أموالنا بعد المعاش ومن مرتباتنا اليوم . إضرابنا اليوم معركة في نضال مستمر من…
Solidarity with Bahraini trade unionists – new MENA bulletin
A PDF version of the new MENA bulletin on Bahrain can be downloaded here: Bahrain Bulletin March2012 The bulletin features the latest news on the repression of trade unionists following the uprising last year, and shows how the UK government is continuing to sell arms to the Bahraini government. It also reveals how a member…
Egypt: solidarity protests across the world one year on from the revolution
Updated with details of Sydney, Australia protest Here is a selection of some of the protests held this week to mark one year since the Egyptian revolution and in solidarity with the Egyptian peoples’ on-going struggle for freedom, democracy and economic justice: Sydney, Australia: Sydney Solidarity Protest with Egyptian Revolution One Year On – 25…
Tunisia: workers still fighting one year on from the revolution
One year ago in Tunisia workers were playing a vital role in the protests sweeping the country against the Ben Ali regime. “The trade unions’ role is one of the most striking aspects of the December protests”, wrote the Tunisia expert Christopher Alexander in the magazine Foreign Policy. On the 7th January thousands of lawyers…
