Egypt: ‘Solidarity is a conversation’ – interview with Kamal Abu Aita
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…
Egypt: New unions’ declaration of independence
Egyptian Independent Union Federation 28 June 2011 Statement In light of the growing controversy about the independent trade unions and malicious accusations and allegations aimed at undermining the Egyptian workers’ movement and the trade unions which it created, we, the representatives of the independent unions, are signing this statement of the fundamental principles on which…
UK: Kamal Abou Aita brings solidarity to striking workers in London
President of the Egyptain tax collectors’ union, Kamal Abou Aita, with striking tax collectors in London, 30 June
Egypt: Health workers build their union from the ground up
By Simon Midgley, CWU Bradford & District, and Huddersfield SWP. This report is part of a series of articles by members of the MENA Solidarity Network delegation which visited Egypt 28 April – 3 May On the afternoon of Friday 29th April, our delegation had the pleasure of visiting the offices that the Egyptian Independent…
Egypt: Transport workers’ union leader acquitted
On Saturday 25 June, the verdict was announced in the case against Ali Fattouh, president of the Independent Public Transport Authority Workers’ Union. Ali was found ‘not guilty’ by the court – a clear victory of the union and the workers’ movement as a whole. We received the following statement from his lawyer, Haitham Muhammadain…
النقابات البريطانية: لا لتجريم الإضرابات في مصر
قدم وفد من النقابيين البريطانيين بياناً إلى السفارة المصرية بلندن اليوم بتوقيعات 400 نقابيين بينهم سكرتير عام لنقابة موظفي الحكومة مارك سيروتكا وسكرتير عام لنقابة عمال السكك الحديد والنقل والنقل البحري بوب كرو وجريمي دير سكرتير عام لنقابة الصحافيين. وقالت كاتي كلارك نائبة بالبرلمان البريطاني لحزب العمال إن “أنا هنا أمام السفارة المصرية إعتباراً أن…
Egypt: Hundreds of UK trade unionists call for end to strike ban
A delegation of trade unionists representing teachers, transport workers, civil servants and students joined Labour MP Katy Clark today to hand a petition to the Egyptian embassy calling on the Egyptian government to lift th e ban on strikes and protests. Over 400 leading trade unionists from the UK have signed the petition, including Mark…
Egypt: Teachers’ union activists detained by military
Translation of report in Arabic by Hisham Fouad. Original here. Update: 19 June. Court finds teacher union activists not guilty of incitement to strike and assaulting a police officer. 13 June Prosecutors in Nasr City, Cairo, ordered the detention of two supply teachers, Atif al-Gazzar, secretary of the Independent Supply Teachers’ Union from Kafr al-Dawwar…
Event: Meeting with Egyptian union leader Kamal Abu Aita – 29 June
London Transport Region RMT is hosting Kamal Abu Aita, president of the Egyptian tax collectors’ union RETAU and a leading figure in the independent unions on a solidarity visit to the UK. Come to the meeting to hear firsthand about his experiences building resistance under Mubarak, and the role of workers in the Egyptian revolution.…
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