labor movements
Street vendors mull forming union to combat state crackdowns
Egypt
December 9, 2012
Street vendors mull forming union to combat state crackdowns
Struggling with increasing unemployment, an estimated 5 million Egyptians have long resorted to becoming self-employed street vendors, and make up…
Strike closes Sharm el-Sheikh Airport’s Terminal 2
Egypt
December 3, 2012
Strike closes Sharm el-Sheikh Airport’s Terminal 2
Employees of the Egyptian airports company closed Terminal 2 in Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport on Monday, demanding higher salaries and…
Suez workers storm governorate building over delayed payments
Egypt
November 21, 2012
Suez workers storm governorate building over delayed payments
Hundreds of workers from Al-Masriya Trust Textile Industries stormed the Suez Governorate headquarters on Wednesday while protesting delays in the…
Ain Sokhna port strike ends
Egypt
October 24, 2012
Ain Sokhna port strike ends
Ain Sokhna Port workers and DP World have reached to an agreement to resume work in the port, which has…
Microbus drivers besiege Cairo Governorate headquarters
Egypt
October 2, 2012
Microbus drivers besiege Cairo Governorate headquarters
Dozens of microbus drivers besieged the Cairo Governorate headquarters on Tuesday, using about 50 microbuses to block the street in…
A bill of rights for all? Economic and social provisions in draft constitution not strong enough
Egypt
September 19, 2012
A bill of rights for all? Economic and social provisions in draft constitution not strong enough
In late August, 40-year-old Arafa Kamel set himself on fire outside the presidential palace in Heliopolis after a disagreement with…
South Africa’s Lonmin miners accept pay rise to end strike
World
September 18, 2012
South Africa’s Lonmin miners accept pay rise to end strike
MARIKANA, South Africa — Striking platinum miners at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa accepted a pay offer on Tuesday,…
Cabinet secures LE1.3 billion for teacher salaries, minister says
Egypt
September 13, 2012
Cabinet secures LE1.3 billion for teacher salaries, minister says
The Cabinet announced Thursday that it has secured $1.3 billion to increase salaries for teachers in response to a sit-in…
Nation’s teachers congregate in Cairo, protest working conditions
Egypt
September 10, 2012
Nation’s teachers congregate in Cairo, protest working conditions
From Alexandria in the north to Aswan in the south, protesting teachers from numerous governorates descended upon the Cabinet for…
South Africa charges miners with murder of fellow workers
World
August 31, 2012
South Africa charges miners with murder of fellow workers
South African prosecutors on Thursday charged 270 mine workers with the murder of 34 striking colleagues shot dead by police,…