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Religious endowments workers strike enters second week in Alexandria
Egypt
March 15, 2015
Religious endowments workers strike enters second week in Alexandria
Hundreds of workers of the religious endowments department in downtown Alexandria resumed on Sunday their strike for the second consecutive…
Suez Cement Company workers resume strike
Egypt
March 11, 2015
Suez Cement Company workers resume strike
Suez Cement Company workers resumed their strike on Wednesday for the fourth day in row, demanding a disbursal of their…
Minister: Trade union pluralism damaging to freedom of association
Egypt
March 10, 2015
Minister: Trade union pluralism damaging to freedom of association
International agreements on trade union freedoms do not allow pluralism in association, said Egypt’s Manpower and Immigration Minister Nahed Ashry, as…
600 workers on strike in Suez demanding profit share
Egypt
March 10, 2015
600 workers on strike in Suez demanding profit share
Six hundred Suez Cement Company workers from the Wadi Hogul branch in Suez have been on strike since Sunday to protest…
ELEJECT workers continue sit-in to demand late arrears
Egypt
March 4, 2015
ELEJECT workers continue sit-in to demand late arrears
Workers at the General Company for Electrical Projects (ELEJECT) announced they would continue their sit-in to demand the disbursement of…
Activists introduce alternative labor law in Thursday conference
Egypt
March 2, 2015
Activists introduce alternative labor law in Thursday conference
A campaign of labor activists and independent labor groups are holding a conference on Thursday where they plan to introduce…
Universal Group strike enters second week in a row
Egypt
February 15, 2015
Universal Group strike enters second week in a row
A strike by hundreds of workers at home appliance giant Universal's three gas-cooker factories in the 6th of October City…
Egypt’s textile heartland probes 8 workers for fueling strike
Egypt
January 21, 2015
Egypt’s textile heartland probes 8 workers for fueling strike
Eight workers from al-Mahalla Spinning and Weaving company have been referred to an administrative investigation as the company accused them…
Labour union decries worker’s dismissal over ILO training
Egypt
January 18, 2015
Labour union decries worker’s dismissal over ILO training
A workers union has decried the decision by a major textile exporting firm to dismiss one of its workers for…
Labor activist continues hunger strike over protesting workers’ crackdown
Egypt
December 21, 2014
Labor activist continues hunger strike over protesting workers’ crackdown
A leading labor activist entered on Sunday his second day on hunger strike in protest over his superiors’ crackdown on…