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Journalist Hisham Fouad has been detained for over two years since being arrested on 25 June 2019. Although the legal limit for ‘pre-trial’ detention in Egypt has now expired he remains in jail, incarcerated in a windowless cell without proper access to medical treatment. Along with former MP (...)
Pandemic COVID-19 invaded the world in an unprecedented way, affecting most countries with the exception of very few ones until now. This situation obliged states to block their borders in order to avoid transfers between countries. Accordingly, air flights were cancelled and tourism became a (...)
The Egyptian authorities have arrested eleven leading activists in the independent unions over the past week, stepping up pressure on the workers’ movement following the victimisation of textile workers in Mahalla after a major strike in August.
Eight independent trade unionists were seized in (...)
The workers of Misr Spinning and Weaving in Mahalla, Egypt have taken a courageous stand against poverty and repression. In August 2017, thousands of the company’s workers took part in a two-week strike and several protest marches, demanding the payment of bonuses and allowances which are added (...)
This statement had been used as a basis to write letters to the Egyptian President and the Egyptian Minister of Labour. These two letters have largely circulated in Egypt. They are in particular available: on CTUWS website http://www.ctuws.com/en/content/international-solidarity-navy-shipyard-worke
Press Release, which original version in arabic is available at http://www.ctuws.com/content/نداء-تضامنوا-مع-عمال-الترسانة-البحرية
The Center for Trade Union and Worker Services calls upon all democratic forces in our society..to union personalities and labour leaders everywhere… to human rights defenders and those who (...)
No to Military Trials for Workers
URGENT: TRIAL HEARING POSTPONED UNTIL 18 SEPTEMBER RUSH MESSAGES OF PROTEST TO THE EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES NOW
Dear brothers and sisters,
We are writing to ask for your support for a campaign in solidarity with 26 workers at the Alexandria Shipyard Company in (...)
Trade unionists and activists in Cairo show their solidarity jailed Alexandria Shipyard workers at a public meeting organised by the defence campaign on 15 August 2016 Workers at the Alexandria Shipyard Company have been victimised and dragged before a military court for standing up for their (...)
Trade unionists and activists in Cairo show their solidarity jailed Alexandria Shipyard workers at a public meeting organised by the defence campaign on 15 August 2016 Workers at the Alexandria Shipyard Company have been victimised and dragged before a military court for standing up for their (...)
When I met Giulio Regini it did not cross my mind for a minute that this interview will become the most famous among the interviews and meetings I held with researchers and people concerned with labour issues, due to the tragic way that Guolio’s life ended, at the mere age of 28.
When this (...)
Striking workers say that this is the first time that they have been denied their annual social bonus since 1987
Workers at Egypt’s largest textile factory, Mahalla spinning and weaving factory, will continue their strike despite a promise to meet their demands until an official statement is (...)
Kafr al-Dawwar joins Mahalla textile workers on 5th day of strike
Several thousands of workers at two of Egypt’s largest textile companies — the Kafr al-Dawwar Textile Company and the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in Mahalla al-Kubra — are on strike over unpaid bonuses promised by President (...)
Since Morsi’s ouster, the labour movement has been regressing, but since this past May it’s been on the rise. What is the Egyptian labour movement’s position with regard to Egypt’s current politics?
The role played by the labour movement in the ouster of Islamist President Morsi, ascension of (...)
Tanta Flax and Oil Company workers protested yesterday Monday June 23rd in front of the cabinet offices calling for the renationalization of their privatized factory and the return of the sacked workers to work. Workers carried posters saying, “this is not a special-interest protest, these are (...)
The statement below was issued by CESR’s partner organization the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights after its offices were raided by security forces on Thursday 22 May. Several of those present were arrested while female members of staff were sexually harassed. CESR expresses its (...)
For months, strikes and other protests have crippled a number of industries. But the new militancy is fragmented and has confined itself to economic grievances.
Egypt’s former army chief Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi is all but guaranteed to win presidential elections later this month, formalizing his (...)
Arrested strike leaders at Suez Steel, Amr Yusif and Abd-al-Ra’uf, were released after an intervention by the Minister of Manpower and Labour, former president of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU), Kamal Abu Aita. Meanwhile, the dispute over the implementation of the (...)
Statement from Fatma Ramadan, member of the Executive Committee of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions Al-Sisi’s “Permission” is a Deadly Poison
My comrades, the workers of Egypt are struggling for their rights and for a better Egypt. Egypt’s workers dream of freedom and social (...)
“We started the 2011 revolution and the rest of Egypt followed,” is a statement Egyptian workers make with great conviction when discussing the movement for change in their country. Accordingly, in order to continue what began in January 2011, the masses of workers were out yet again in the (...)
Interview with Fatma Ramadan by menasolidarity network.
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