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Thousands of teachers protest outside cabinet building
Egypt
September 10, 2011
Thousands of teachers protest outside cabinet building
About 15,000 teachers protested on Saturday morning outside the cabinet building to demand higher wages and benefits, and the dismissal…
Central Bank official: No maximum wage for public banks’ leaders
Business
September 7, 2011
Central Bank official: No maximum wage for public banks’ leaders
A maximum wage for the leaderships of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) and the presidents of public banks has…
Egyptian government proposes maximum wage 36 times the minimum
Business
September 5, 2011
Egyptian government proposes maximum wage 36 times the minimum
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Hazem Beblawi has proposed a maximum wage for state employees, set at 36…
Notary employees strike for bonuses
Egypt
June 22, 2011
Notary employees strike for bonuses
Thousands of employees from the Justice Ministry's Notary offices around Egypt went on strike Wednesday to protest the delay in…
Electricity workers say they won’t cut services during protests
Egypt
June 13, 2011
Electricity workers say they won’t cut services during protests
Workers at electric power stations on Sunday continued protests to demand fairer pay and the dismissal of electricity authority leaders,…
Civil aviation minister criticizes calls for Cairo airport strike
Egypt
June 6, 2011
Civil aviation minister criticizes calls for Cairo airport strike
Egypt’s Minister of Civil Aviation Ibrahim Manna on Monday criticized plans by Cairo International Airport employees to strike to demand…
Government prepares plan to restructure wages
Business
May 30, 2011
Government prepares plan to restructure wages
Egypt's Ministry of Finance has finished the necessary groundwork for restructuring wages and raising the minimum wage of state employees,…
Suez canal workers protest low salaries
Egypt
February 17, 2011
Suez canal workers protest low salaries
Around 1500 workers of the Suez Canal Authority staged protests in three cities on Thursday, demanding better salaries and medical…
Thousands of petrol workers demand wage hikes
Egypt
February 9, 2011
Thousands of petrol workers demand wage hikes
Thousands of Petrotrade Co. (Egyptian Petroleum Trading Service Co.) workers organized a number of sporadic protests at the company’s Cairo…
Resentment mounts among workers over delayed annual raises
Business
January 13, 2011
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…