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Transportation workers’ trade union expresses readiness to suspend strike once demands are met
Egypt
February 25, 2014
Transportation workers’ trade union expresses readiness to suspend strike once demands are met
An independent trade union of public transportation authority workers has expressed readiness to suspend the strike that entered its fourth…
Public transportation authority workers’ strike enters third day
Egypt
February 24, 2014
Public transportation authority workers’ strike enters third day
Workers of the Public transportation authority resumed on Monday their strike in Cairo and Giza at the public garages for…
Public transport drivers threaten general strike
Egypt
September 11, 2012
Public transport drivers threaten general strike
The Public Transport Authority threatened Tuesday to stage an all-out strike coinciding with the start of the school year. They…
Transport authority workers threaten presidential palace protest
Egypt
August 1, 2012
Transport authority workers threaten presidential palace protest
Public Transport Authority workers who have been protesting for three days at the authority headquarters in Nasr City threatened to…
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a Cairo bus driver
Life & Style
July 9, 2012
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a Cairo bus driver
“If you get stuck in a traffic jam all the time and have no other job to get to, there…
Some striking bus drivers return to work
Egypt
October 4, 2011
Some striking bus drivers return to work
Public Transport Authority (PTA) drivers partially ended their strike Tuesday after a meeting with Mona Mostafa, PTA head, while others…
Public transport drivers threaten to operate buses for free
Egypt
October 3, 2011
Public transport drivers threaten to operate buses for free
Striking public bus drivers have threatened to transport the public for free and deprive the Public Transport Authority of income.…
Bus drivers partially resume work
Egypt
October 3, 2011
Bus drivers partially resume work
Workers at two garages affiliated with the Public Transportation Authority partially resumed work on Monday, said Ghanem Ali Ghanem, head of south…
Bus drivers escalate strikes throughout Egypt
Egypt
September 26, 2011
Bus drivers escalate strikes throughout Egypt
The strike by public bus drivers has escalated after the Greater Cairo Transportation Company, which owns four garages, announced that…
Public transport workers continue all-out strike
Egypt
September 25, 2011
Public transport workers continue all-out strike
Employees of the Public Transport Authority (PTA) in Cairo stepped up their strike action of Sunday, with workers at the…