Items related to labor unions

Minister: No more than four Brotherhood members to be named to union boards
Egypt Independent 26 Nov 2012
Changes to the Egyptian Trade Unions Federation leadership would not promote more than four Muslim Brotherhood members...
Protesters taking part in protest in front of headquarter of Shoura Council, Cairo, 2 September 2012, to refuse the current formation of Constituent Assembly, and demand President Mohamed Morsy to reassemble it.
A bill of rights for all? Economic and social provisions in draft constitution not strong enough
Omar Halawa 19 Sep 2012
In late August, 40-year-old Arafa Kamel set himself on fire outside the presidential palace in Heliopolis after a...
Multinational investors and union rights: Strikes and sackings continue
Jano Charbel 10 Sep 2012
Business executives representing nearly 50 US companies are in Egypt this week, the latest of a series of international...
An Egyptian policeman directs traffic as thousands of workers gather at Tahrir Square in Cairo on May 1, 2011 to demand social justice in post-revolt Egypt while marking their first Labor Day in three decades without ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
Workers plan to celebrate Labor Day with marches in Cairo, governorates
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Apr 2012
A number of labor unions plan to celebrate Labor Day on Tuesday the first of May through marches and demonstrations in...
In the dangerous profession of brick-making, talk of organizing
Jano Charbel 13 Feb 2012
  About 1 million workers employed in Egypt’s brick-manufacturing industry face constant threats of...
A group of journalists in protest against state-owned papers, Press Syndicate, Cairo, February 20, 2011. Demonstrators demanded Armed Forces Supreme Council take action against alleged wasting of public money and to hold state-owned paper boards' accountable.
Egypt's journalists battle to organize independently
Jano Charbel 03 Jun 2011
Like many other independent labor and professional unions, as journalists try to organize their own associations, they...
Workers strike of "Mahalla" on October 2008, which lasted several days and reached to the hunger strike and that were opposed to the arbitrary procedures by the General Coordinator of the company, this strike was one of a series of strikes carried out by the Workers Mahalla, which opened the door to Egypt's workers to start a new era to play an active role to preserve their rights
Minister approves first independent syndicate for pensioners
Mohsen Semeika 20 Mar 2011
Manpower Minister Ahmed al-Borai approved the formation of a syndicate for pensioners. It is the first syndicate to be...
Around 1,000 workers and labor activists protest for a monthly minimum wage of LE 1,200 outside the Council of Ministers
Year Ender: Critics question regime’s response to mounting labor unrest
Jano Charbel 28 Dec 2010
This year has been marked by numerous incidents of labor unrest, raising questions as to how Egypt’s ruling...
Three thousand workers of Alexandria Spinning and Weaving Company, striking at company's headquarters, Al Nuzha, April 15, 2008, in protest of unpaid monthly raises and risk allowance.
Union: Monufiya labor woes on verge of resolution
MENA 09 Feb 2010
"The problems faced by employees at the Misr Monufiya Spinning and Weaving Company are about to be resolved,...