Dozens of Egypt Aluminum Company workers in Naga Hammadi staged an open-ended sit-in on Sunday, demanding the company be cleansed of corruption by dismissing the president of the Holding Company for Metallurgical Industries. Other requested dismissals include the chairman of the board, the managing director, the director of the services department and the director of the security department. The employees would also like a withdrawal of confidence from the trade union committee members.
They demanded that their bonuses be disbursed without a tax deduction and that the company be placed under the supervision of the army.
The employees said the leaders of the company should be replaced with new blood to develop it for the benefit of the workers.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
