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LE50,000 compensation for families of workers killed in Alexandria bus fire: minister
Egypt
March 2, 2018
LE50,000 compensation for families of workers killed in Alexandria bus fire: minister
Manpower Minister Mohamed Saafan instructed on Friday ministry officials to ensure that the Egyptian German Porcelain Company in Alexandria will…
Egyptian Fatwa House says working in cigarettes companies haram in Islam
Society
October 12, 2017
Egyptian Fatwa House says working in cigarettes companies haram in Islam
Working in cigarette factories is prohibited in Islam according to a recent Fatwa issued by Dar Al-Ifta Al-Misriya (the Egyptian…
16,000 Mahalla spinning and weaving workers end strike
Egypt
August 21, 2017
16,000 Mahalla spinning and weaving workers end strike
Abdel Fattah Ibrahim, president of the General Union of Spinning and Weaving Workers, announced Sunday that the workers of the…
Hundreds of Spinning and Weaving Company workers move sit-in to Giza’s Talaat Harb Square
Egypt
August 15, 2017
Hundreds of Spinning and Weaving Company workers move sit-in to Giza’s Talaat Harb Square
Hundreds of the Egyptian Spinning and Weaving Company workers moved their sit-in, on Tuesday, from the company’s factories in Mahalla…
3,000 Nasr Spinning and Weaving Co. employees strike over delayed bonuses
Egypt
August 15, 2017
3,000 Nasr Spinning and Weaving Co. employees strike over delayed bonuses
Three thousand workers of the El Nasr Spinning, Weaving and Dyeing Company in Mahalla city, Gharbiya, began to strike in three…
16,000 Spinning and Weaving workers threaten to escalate strike
Egypt
August 13, 2017
16,000 Spinning and Weaving workers threaten to escalate strike
Sixteen thousand workers of the Egyptian Spinning and Weaving Company in Gharbiya continued their strike and sit-in inside the company’s…
Additional 10,000 spinning, weaving workers join Mahalla strike
Egypt
August 9, 2017
Additional 10,000 spinning, weaving workers join Mahalla strike
An additional 10,000 workers of the Egyptian Spinning and Weaving Company in Mahalla, Gharbiya, joined the strike, staged by 6,000…
1.1% increase in numbers of foreign workers in Egypt, CAPMAS
Egypt
July 30, 2017
1.1% increase in numbers of foreign workers in Egypt, CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said Sunday that the total number of foreigners working in the…
ILO puts Egypt on black list due to violations against laborers
Egypt
June 7, 2017
ILO puts Egypt on black list due to violations against laborers
The International Labor Organization has added Egypt to its black list Monday, citing numerous violations committed by the government against laborers that…
Japan’s ‘Overtime Work’ culture difficult to change
Business
December 18, 2016
Japan’s ‘Overtime Work’ culture difficult to change
Japanese workers put up with long hours and unpaid overtime under pressure from cost-saving companies, and the Japanese government, which…