Items related to labor movements

Street vendors mull forming union to combat state crackdowns
Jano Charbel 09 Dec 2012
Struggling with increasing unemployment, an estimated 5 million Egyptians have long resorted to becoming self-employed...
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Strike closes Sharm el-Sheikh Airport's Terminal 2
MENA 03 Dec 2012
Employees of the Egyptian airports company closed Terminal 2 in Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport on Monday,...
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...
Ain ​​Sokhna port strike ends
MENA 24 Oct 2012
Ain Sokhna Port workers and DP World have reached to an agreement to resume work in the port, which has been shut down...
Microbuses lining up at Ahmed Helmi station as drivers went on a partial strike, Cairo, 2 October 2012. Microbus drivers went on a partial strike Tuesday in Cairo and Giza to call for the cancellation of “hefty fines” imposed on them last year, they also called for abolishing charges on private mass transportation collected by municipal councils.
Microbus drivers besiege Cairo Governorate headquarters
Al-Masry Al-Youm 02 Oct 2012
Dozens of microbus drivers besieged the Cairo Governorate headquarters on Tuesday, using about 50 microbuses to block...
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...
South Africa's Lonmin miners accept pay rise to end strike
Reuters 18 Sep 2012
MARIKANA, South Africa — Striking platinum miners at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa accepted a pay...
Cabinet secures LE1.3 billion for teacher salaries, minister says
Al-Masry Al-Youm 13 Sep 2012
The Cabinet announced Thursday that it has secured $1.3 billion to increase salaries for teachers in response to a sit-...
Nation's teachers congregate in Cairo, protest working conditions
Jano Charbel 10 Sep 2012
From Alexandria in the north to Aswan in the south, protesting teachers from numerous governorates descended upon the...
South Africa charges miners with murder of fellow workers
AFP 31 Aug 2012
South African prosecutors on Thursday charged 270 mine workers with the murder of 34 striking colleagues shot dead by...