Items related to labor protests

A spinning and weaving factory in Alexandria.
Rise in factory closures reflects Egypt’s compound economic malaises
Jano Charbel 26 Mar 2013
Time and time again, officials have accused ongoing protests, workers’ strikes and labor action of halting the...
Cement company workers decry dog attack
Jano Charbel 02 Mar 2013
The use of police dogs in attacks against labor actions have been documented by activists and workers, who say...
Alexandria businessman shuts factories amid dispute with workers
Omar Halawa 21 Feb 2013
Alexandrian businessman Farag Amr announced Wednesday that he would be shutting down a number of his company's...
Security forces break up Titan Cement sit-in
Al-Masry Al-Youm 17 Feb 2013
Central Security Forces stormed the Titan Cement company in Dekheila, west Alexandria Sunday, breaking up a two-week...
Shipping agents freeze operations, threaten lawsuits amid Ain Sokhna port strike
MENA 13 Feb 2013
Amid an ongoing labor strike, several navigational shipping agents are freezing operations at Ain Sokhna port and some...
Military army personnel staying guard close to Suez Canal in anticipation of protests, July 13, 2011. Army's heavy presence in Suez comes in the heel of threats by families of protesters killed during January 25th Revolution to bring work at Suez Canal to a halt - only to prompt an Army's "impatient" - according to many commentators and activists - statement recently.
Suez workers storm governorate building over delayed payments
Al-Masry Al-Youm 21 Nov 2012
Hundreds of workers from Al-Masriya Trust Textile Industries stormed the Suez Governorate headquarters on Wednesday...
اعتصام للمئات من عمال شركه السكر ابو قرقاص الجديدة ‏داخل المصانع رافضين الخروج بعد انتهاء عملهم وذلك للمطالبه بتحقيق ‏‏28 مطلبا من بينها الاجتماع مع رئيس مجلس ادارة شركة السكر ‏والصناعات التكاميلية بهدف المساواة مع باقى المصانع دون النظر للمناطق ‏النائية ورفع الحافز بنسبة 25% من الاجر الاساسى سنويا وتثبيت العمالة ‏الموسمية ورفع حافزها والتعويض عن ساعات الراحة اثناء موسم الانتاج ‏
Qena sugar workers protest pay
Egypt Independent 07 Nov 2012
Thousands of workers at four pivotal sugar factories are protesting their pay and working conditions, a leading labor...
Alexandria Port
Workers protest against harshest sentences for strikers since Sadat
Jano Charbel 15 Oct 2012
Hundreds rallied outside the Alexandria Court of Appeals on Sunday as five labor activists appealed the harshest...
Report: Old regime labor policies persist under Morsy
Egypt Independent 08 Oct 2012
Since President Mohamed Morsy took office, 39 independent trade union leaders were fired without cause; 32 trade union...
عاملو شركة غزل المحلة يواصلون إضرابهم عن العمل لليوم السابع على التوالي، مدينة المحلة الكبرى، الغربية، 21 يوليو 2012. بدأ عمال شركة غزل المحلة إضرابا مفتوحا عن العمل، مطالبين بصرفة العلاوة الاجتماعية الـ 15% التي أعلن عنها مؤخرًا، وتسوية مستحقات «علاوة 92»، وصرف نصيب العمال من الأرباح 12 شهرا أسوة بالشركة القابضة للغزل والنسيج، وزيادة مكافأة نهاية الخدمة بمعدل 3 شهور عن كل عام، وتطبيق حد أدنى للأجر في الشركة 1500 جنيه.
Three Turkish companies close due to strikes, says Turkish Trade Commissioner
Al-Masry Al-Youm 25 Sep 2012
Hassan Ali Adam, the Turkish Trade Commissioner in Cairo, has said that labor strikes have forced three Turkish textile...