By Bassem Chit, Beirut Monday 25 February 2013 The Lebanese Trade Union Coordination Committee (TUCC) is still continuing its open strike for the seventh day, Public sector employees, public schools teachers, and private school teachers have been on strike since last Tuesday 19/2/2013. Sit-ins and protests are being held on a daily basis infront of…
English here لقد تابعنا نحن عمال مصنع قوطة للصلب بمدينة العاشر من رمضان في جمهورية مصر العربية ما يحدث في مصنع فيومي (Vio.Me) للمعادن في مدينه ثيسالونيكي في اليونان وهروب صاحب المصنع وما تبعه من قرار الجمعية العمومية للعمال بالتسير الذاتي للمصنع وتشكيل ما يسمى ب (تعاونية إنتاجية) تحت إدارة العمال وما تبع ذلك من…
Message of Solidarity From the workers of Kouta Steel Factory in Egypt To the workers of Vio.Me Industrial Minerals Factory in Greece! We, the workers of Kouta Steel Factory, Tenth of Ramadan City, Egypt, have followed the events taking place in Vio.Me industrial minerals factory in Thessaloniki, Greece. We learned that the factory owner had…
From the Bahraini Australian Youth Movement Bahraini nurse calls on international support after police kill 16 yr old during crackdown on anniversary of democracy protests Hussain Al Jaziri, 16 years old, was killed by Bahraini security forces yesterday as the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters intensifies around the second anniversary of Bahrain’s ‘forgotten Arab Spring’.Rula al…
Workers’ leaders headed a march of thousands from Shubra in northern Cairo towards Tahrir Square as part of protests marking the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution on 25 January. The demonstration, which was one of several marches which converged on Tahrir, focussed on the revolution’s unmet demands for social justice. Revolutionary Socialist activist and…
A nation-wide strike by secondary school teachers emptied classrooms across Tunisia on 22 and 23 January. Lasad Yacoubi, General Secretary of the General Union of Secondary School Teachers said on Friday “our key differences with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Youth and Sport are over our main demands over our conditions at…
Secondary school teachers across Tunisia are preparing for strike action on 22 and 23 January. The Secondary School Teachers General Union, which is part of the UGTT union federation is demanding changes to the school curriculum and improvements in pay and grading for teachers. In a statement on 8 December, the union attacked the government…
Egyptians will begin voting in a controversial referendum on the draft of a new constitution on 15 December. Voting will take place in two rounds, with around half the country voting on 15 December and the other half on 22 December. The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions has been supporting the protests against the…
بيان من أنجم ميرزا المسئولة السياسة للجنة النقابة العامة لعاملين بالسكك الحديدية النقل العام والملاحة البحرية في منطقة لندن يعلن أن تضامنه لإخواننا وأخواتنا في مصر الذين كانوا يحتجون على مشروع الدستور. إقراء البيان بالعربي هنا. On behalf of the London Region of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, I want to send greetings and solidarity…
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…
MENA Solidarity Network 