labor
Thursday papers: No more selling govt-owned companies
Egypt
May 6, 2010
Thursday papers: No more selling govt-owned companies
Al-Ahram, Al-Akhbar and Al-Dostour all lead with the recent announcement that state-owned companies will no longer be sold to foreign…
Labor leaders reject new minimum wage
Egypt
May 5, 2010
Labor leaders reject new minimum wage
Activists and labor leaders have rejected statements by Minister of Economic Development Othman Mohamed Othman in which he said the…
Workers, activists demand national minimum wage
Egypt
May 2, 2010
Workers, activists demand national minimum wage
Hundreds of protesters congregated in front of the cabinet building today in Cairo to demand the implementation of a court…
Rights groups call on Egypt to lift union rules, raise wages
Egypt
May 2, 2010
Rights groups call on Egypt to lift union rules, raise wages
The international human rights watchdog group Amnesty International has urged Egypt to lift restrictions on establishing independent labor unions and…
Labor leader Nagi Rashad: A Profile
Egypt
May 2, 2010
Labor leader Nagi Rashad: A Profile
For the past few years Egypt's labor movement has been sending shock waves through the country, as the number of…
Labor movement delivers more than bread and butter
Egypt
April 27, 2010
Labor movement delivers more than bread and butter
A few days ago, 9000 workers at the Naga Hammadi aluminum factory in Upper Egypt staged a protest, demanding that…
Renewed sit-ins before the parliament
Egypt
April 8, 2010
Renewed sit-ins before the parliament
The sidewalk in front of the People's Assembly witnessed five new demonstrations yesterday as the Egyptian parliament resumed activity following…
Trade union leaders slam ElBaradei
Egypt
April 3, 2010
Trade union leaders slam ElBaradei
Labor leaders continued their campaign against Mohamed ElBaradei yesterday after he called for the abolishing of the 50 percent quota…
Court: Govt obliged to set minimum wage
Business
March 30, 2010
Court: Govt obliged to set minimum wage
Egypt's Administrative Court on Tuesday ruled that the government must set a minimum wage in line with rising prices of…
British rail workers union calls for national strike
World
March 27, 2010
British rail workers union calls for national strike
London--British rail workers' unions on Thursday called for national strikes from 6-9 April, just after the Easter holidays, in bad…