labor movements
Sukari Gold Mine to resume operation Tuesday
Egypt
July 30, 2012
Sukari Gold Mine to resume operation Tuesday
Operation would be resumed fully on Tuesday in the Sukari Gold Mine after a nine-day hiatus, during which the workers…
1,500 gold mine workers enter third day of strikes
Egypt
July 25, 2012
1,500 gold mine workers enter third day of strikes
Fifteen hundred Sukari Gold Mine workers have declared a third day of strikes as they demand raises, the re-hiring…
29 striking workers dismissed from Sukari gold mine
Egypt
July 24, 2012
29 striking workers dismissed from Sukari gold mine
The management of Sukari gold mine in Upper Egypt fired 29 workers Tuesday, including members of the executive office of…
Thousands of textile workers suspend strikes
Egypt
July 24, 2012
Thousands of textile workers suspend strikes
Thousands of Egyptian state textile workers suspended their strikes on Tuesday after receiving concessions in a pay dispute that brought…
Mahalla workers suspend strike after demands partially met
Egypt
July 23, 2012
Mahalla workers suspend strike after demands partially met
Workers at Mahalla Misr Spinning and Weaving Company decided late Sunday to suspend an eight-day strike after the company’s board…
Workers unite, rally against abuses
Egypt
July 19, 2012
Workers unite, rally against abuses
A labor conference was held at the Journalists Syndicate on Thursday with the aim of detailing the condition of more…
Mahalla resurgent: Workers assert political independence
Egypt
July 19, 2012
Mahalla resurgent: Workers assert political independence
MAHALLA — Around 23,000 workers at Egypt’s largest textile company, the Misr Company for Spinning and Weaving, began an open-ended…
Labor unrest spreads in Egypt’s textile sector
Egypt
July 18, 2012
Labor unrest spreads in Egypt’s textile sector
Strikes brought a swathe of Egypt's state textile industry to a halt on Wednesday, workers and a labor activist said,…
Sacked workers of Egypt attempt to unite
Egypt
July 13, 2012
Sacked workers of Egypt attempt to unite
Around 100 members of the "Sacked Workers' Front" convened for their first conference on Wednesday, with the stated goal of…
Meet your presidential candidate: Khaled Ali, the revolutionary
Egypt
April 23, 2012
Meet your presidential candidate: Khaled Ali, the revolutionary
At just 40 years old, Khaled Ali Omar is Egypt’s youngest presidential candidate. For well over a decade, the popularity…