Items related to trade 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...
Morsy issues law paving way for Brotherhood control of trade federation
Egypt Independent 26 Nov 2012
Without any formal announcement, President Mohamed Morsy ratified on Saturday a law that allows the government to...
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...
Trade syndicate members demonstrate in outside of their syndicate on January 30, 2010, carrying banners reflecting their demands to express their bad financial situation, which led to the suspension of payment the pensions to members, in addition to delay debate on the draft practice the profession
Independent trade unions demand union law before elections
Al-Masry Al-Youm 31 Aug 2012
Representatives of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU) launched a campaign Friday to press for...
1,500 gold mine workers enter third day of strikes
Al-Masry Al-Youm 25 Jul 2012
  Fifteen hundred Sukari Gold Mine workers have declared a third day of strikes as they demand raises, the re-...
29 striking workers dismissed from Sukari gold mine
Al-Masry Al-Youm 24 Jul 2012
The management of Sukari gold mine in Upper Egypt fired 29 workers Tuesday, including members of the executive office...
Popular marches calling for President Mubarak resignation, al-Mahalla al-Kobra, Gharbiya, 8 February, 2011. Thousands of protesters staged rallies across the government and shouted chantings against corruption and regime. Meanwhile, protests in Tahrir Square enter its 15th day in a row calling on Mubarak to leave office.
Mahalla resurgent: Workers assert political independence
Jano Charbel 19 Jul 2012
MAHALLA — Around 23,000 workers at Egypt’s largest textile company, the Misr Company for Spinning and...
Arab Engineers Syndicates calling for the relocation of headquarters outside Egypt.
Trade unions call for Tuesday protest
MENA 18 Jun 2012
  Several trade unions have called for a protest in front of the Engineers Syndicate in downtown Cairo on Tuesday...
Labor organization accuses FJP of hindering trade union freedoms law
Al-Masry Al-Youm 30 May 2012
The General Coordinator of the Center for Trade Union and Workers' Services accused the Muslim Brotherhood’s...
Labor leaders criticize Brotherhood bill on trade union freedoms
Al-Masry Al-Youm 08 May 2012
Labor leaders have objected to a bill on trade union freedoms that was prepared by the Brotherhood’s Freedom and...