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Sugar factory workers strike, demanding share in profits
Egypt
November 20, 2016
Sugar factory workers strike, demanding share in profits
For the second week in a row, workers in Hamool beet sugar factory (Delta Sugar Company), in Kafr el-Sheikh governorate,…
Thirteen workers trapped, three dead, in Turkish copper mine after landslide
World
November 18, 2016
Thirteen workers trapped, three dead, in Turkish copper mine after landslide
Rescue teams sought to free 13 workers trapped in a copper mine in southeast Turkey on Friday after it was…
Egypt’s consulate supports family of worker killed in Italy
Egypt
September 17, 2016
Egypt’s consulate supports family of worker killed in Italy
Officials from Egypt’s consulate in Milan visited the family of Abdel Salam al-Sayyed Danaf, 52, who was run over by…
Abandoned by the gov’t, families of Libya abductees resort to brokers
Egypt
August 13, 2016
Abandoned by the gov’t, families of Libya abductees resort to brokers
The families of seven Egyptians kidnapped in Libya earlier this year have resorted to Libyan middlemen to save their relatives, after pleas…
Twenty-seven Egyptians reported abducted in Libya
Egypt
August 8, 2016
Twenty-seven Egyptians reported abducted in Libya
Twenty-seven Egyptian workers were abducted by militants at Brega City on Saturday, and the Libyan army has been deployed to…
Death by overwork on rise among Japan’s vulnerable workers
Business
April 3, 2016
Death by overwork on rise among Japan’s vulnerable workers
Japan is witnessing a record number of compensation claims related to death from overwork, or "karoshi", a phenomenon previously associated…
Egypt Aluminum Company workers stage protests
Egypt
December 27, 2015
Egypt Aluminum Company workers stage protests
Dozens of Egypt Aluminum Company workers in Naga Hammadi staged an open-ended sit-in on Sunday, demanding the company be cleansed…
144 Petrotrade Company workers referred to interrogation over strike
Egypt
December 22, 2015
144 Petrotrade Company workers referred to interrogation over strike
Alexandria's Petrotrade Company on Monday referred 144 workers to interrogation over their strike. The workers of the company started a striked…
Qatar rejects ‘groundless’ worker deaths claim
Middle East
December 21, 2015
Qatar rejects ‘groundless’ worker deaths claim
Qatar dismissed as "groundless" Monday a claim that as many as 7,000 people would die working on projects for the…
Egypt, Libya panel to discuss dues of departed labor
Egypt
December 12, 2015
Egypt, Libya panel to discuss dues of departed labor
Egypt and Libya's social solidarity ministers have agreed to form a committee that will address the money owed to Egyptian…