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Maximum and minimum wage law lacks details, faces obstacles in implementation
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Maximum and minimum wage law lacks details, faces obstacles in implementation

Early this month, two Nour Party members of the upper house of parliament, the Shura Council, presented a bill that…
Resentment mounts among workers over delayed annual raises
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Resentment mounts among workers over delayed annual raises

Abdul Rahman Khair, a workers representative on the National Council for Wages (NCW), has warned of mounting resentment among workers…
Year Ender: Critics question regime’s response to mounting labor unrest
Egypt

Year Ender: Critics question regime’s response to mounting labor unrest

This year has been marked by numerous incidents of labor unrest, raising questions as to how Egypt’s ruling regime plans…
Info center employees, security forces clash outside lawyers syndicate
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Info center employees, security forces clash outside lawyers syndicate

Disgruntled employees of state-run information centers clashed with security forces on Wednesday outside Egyptian Lawyers Syndicate headquarters in downtown Cairo.
Labor leader: Mubarak will intervene to resolve minimum wage controversy
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Labor leader: Mubarak will intervene to resolve minimum wage controversy

Abdel Rahman Kheir, workers' representative at the National Council for Wages, said on Thursday that President Hosni Mubarak would intervene…
Investors’ federation calls for upping minimum wage to LE600/month
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Investors’ federation calls for upping minimum wage to LE600/month

The Egyptian Federation of Investor Associations this week called for raising the national monthly minimum wage to LE600.Last week, Egypt's…
PM: LE400 monthly minimum wage ‘best possible figure at moment’
Egypt

PM: LE400 monthly minimum wage ‘best possible figure at moment’

The LE400 minimum wage set by Egypt's National Council of Wages last week represents "the best possible figure at the…
AUC workers call strike to demand salary increases
Egypt

AUC workers call strike to demand salary increases

Cleaning staff at the American University in Cairo (AUC) have been on strike since Wednesday to demand better pay.After weeks…
Musicians protest low wages at Cairo Opera House
Egypt

Musicians protest low wages at Cairo Opera House

Nearly 200 musicians from the Arabic Music Orchestra and Egypt's National Orchestra demonstrated on Wednesday outside the Cairo Opera House…
Monthly minimum wage raised to LE400; ‘Not enough’ say labor leaders
Egypt

Monthly minimum wage raised to LE400; ‘Not enough’ say labor leaders

The government-run National Council for Wages on Thursday announced its decision to raise the national minimum wage from LE112 per…
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