strike

Assiut workers protest living conditions
Egypt

Assiut workers protest living conditions

Thousands of workers and employees from the Upper Egyptian city of Assiut protested today, calling for better living conditions and…
Labor protests over low payment continue
Egypt

Labor protests over low payment continue

Several companies are currently witnessing workers' strikes.More than 400 workers at a spinning machinery factory in the governorate of Helwan…
Trains disrupted as 1000s of railway employees strike
Egypt

Trains disrupted as 1000s of railway employees strike

Some 3000 Egyptian National Railways (ENR) employees went on strike demanding that Transport Minister Atef Abdel Hamid reconsider their incentives.…
April 6 movement calls for a general strike starting Sunday
Egypt

April 6 movement calls for a general strike starting Sunday

In a press conference, the April 6 movement called on Egyptians to start a general strike on Sunday that would…
Real estate tax workers demand fullfilment of 2007 promises
Egypt

Real estate tax workers demand fullfilment of 2007 promises

Dozens of members of the Independent Union of Real Estate Tax Collectors staged a protest to call for the fulfillment…
Sharqiya microbus drivers strike to protest ‘tax increase’
Egypt

Sharqiya microbus drivers strike to protest ‘tax increase’

Microbus drivers and owners in Sharqiya began a strike Saturday to protest an alleged increase of their annual taxes to…
Monday’s papers: Mubarak’s speech, truckers strike
Egypt

Monday’s papers: Mubarak’s speech, truckers strike

As expected, state-owned papers dedicate their front pages to President Hosni Mubarak's speech in front of the new parliament yesterday.…
Egypt’s nationwide truck drivers’ strike could push inflation up
Business

Egypt’s nationwide truck drivers’ strike could push inflation up

Truck drivers have continued on Saturday to protest for a second day against a decision by the government to increase…
Workers, not voters, worry Egypt’s government
Egypt

Workers, not voters, worry Egypt’s government

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak acknowledged this month that many of his compatriots have yet to benefit from faster economic growth…
Strikes launched in 5 Egyptian Governorates
Egypt

Strikes launched in 5 Egyptian Governorates

Nearly 700 nurses, workers and employees at al-Azhar hospital in Damietta Governorate launched a strike Monday at the hospital’s campus…
Back to top button