strikes
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…
Strikes sweep Minya, Fayoum and Ismailia
Egypt
July 22, 2012
Strikes sweep Minya, Fayoum and Ismailia
Employees of the public notary in both Ismailia and Minya continued a strike that began last week, demanding that…
Criticism from ‘We Are All Khaled Saeed’ hits at FJP paper’s coverage of strike
Egypt
July 22, 2012
Criticism from ‘We Are All Khaled Saeed’ hits at FJP paper’s coverage of strike
The well-known “We Are All Khaled Saeed” Facebook page, slammed the Freedom and Justice Party’s newspaper in a message…
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,…
Workers at Ceramica Cleopatra stage protest, demand authorities to intervene
Egypt
July 17, 2012
Workers at Ceramica Cleopatra stage protest, demand authorities to intervene
An industrial dispute in Suez triggered clashes between the police and workers who broke into a government building on Tuesday,…
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…
Oman sentences writer, poet, for defaming sultan
World
July 9, 2012
Oman sentences writer, poet, for defaming sultan
An Omani writer and a poet were among four people convicted of defamation over comments against the country's sultan…
Protesters arrested in Abbasseya turmoil to go on hunger strike, group says
Egypt
May 15, 2012
Protesters arrested in Abbasseya turmoil to go on hunger strike, group says
Protesters arrested during the violence that erupted in late April near the Defense Ministry in Abbasseya are planning to start…