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Hyde Park comes to Cairo
Egypt
March 9, 2010
Hyde Park comes to Cairo
It started in early February with the Tanta Flax and Oils Company workers sleeping, eating and praying on the sidewalks…
Greek unions in new strike call against austerity
World
March 4, 2010
Greek unions in new strike call against austerity
Athens--Greece's main private and public sector labor unions called a 3-hour work stoppage for Friday, stepping up opposition to new…
Protesters sleep on sidewalk in front of parliament
Egypt
March 2, 2010
Protesters sleep on sidewalk in front of parliament
Workers from Amonsito and Nubaria Engineering and Agricultural Automation Company were joined by demonstrators with physical disabilities Monday night in…
Egyptian fishermen protest ‘humiliation’ in Greece
Egypt
February 28, 2010
Egyptian fishermen protest ‘humiliation’ in Greece
Over 200 Egyptian fishermen in Greece have entered their fourth week of strikes against deteriorating financial conditions and what they…
Tanta Flax and Oils workers escalate protests
Egypt
February 18, 2010
Tanta Flax and Oils workers escalate protests
Workers from the Tanta Flax and Oils Company who are staging a sit-in before the Council of Ministers escalated their…
Tanta Flax workers’ demo – no end in sight?
Egypt
February 16, 2010
Tanta Flax workers’ demo – no end in sight?
A conflict at the privatized Tanta Flax and Oils Company has left some 850 workers with no source of income…
NYU adds worker rights rules to Abu Dhabi contract
World
February 4, 2010
NYU adds worker rights rules to Abu Dhabi contract
New York-- Workers involved in building and operating New York University's Middle East campus in Abu Dhabi must have protections…
Navigation company workers halt sit-in
Business
January 30, 2010
Navigation company workers halt sit-in
Around 600 workers at the Egyptian Navigation Company suspended their sit-in strike after management promised to pay overdue salaries and…
4 years of EU-Egypt vocational training
Egypt
January 18, 2010
4 years of EU-Egypt vocational training
Representatives of the Egyptian government, the European Union, and the chamber of commerce, met on Sunday to commemorate four years…