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Iraq to negotiate outstanding Egyptian dues soon
Egypt

Iraq to negotiate outstanding Egyptian dues soon

Iraqi officials from finance and foreign affairs ministries will visit Egypt within the next few days to negotiate outstanding Egyptian…
Sacked workers stage protest outside rights council headquarters
Egypt

Sacked workers stage protest outside rights council headquarters

Around 50 workers and their families, along with labor activists and lawyers, congregated outside the headquarters of the National Council…
NGO challenges govt failure to raise national minimum wage
Egypt

NGO challenges govt failure to raise national minimum wage

A Cairo-based human rights NGO has challenged the government’s failure to implement a previous court verdict calling for the establishment…
EFTU to accept applications from independent parliamentary hopefuls
Egypt

EFTU to accept applications from independent parliamentary hopefuls

The Egyptian Federation of Trade Unions (EFTU) has announced its decision to accept candidacy applications from independents wishing to vie…
Information center employees stage protests over pay shortfalls
Egypt

Information center employees stage protests over pay shortfalls

Employees of the cabinet’s information centers for local development staged protests in several Egyptian cities on Tuesday to demand disbursement…
Labor representation in parliament: Between need and myth
Egypt

Labor representation in parliament: Between need and myth

President of the state-controlled Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) Hussein Megawer issued formal criterion last Saturday for candidates to run as "labor…
Workers at a Lakah-owned company demand unpaid bonuses, raises
Egypt

Workers at a Lakah-owned company demand unpaid bonuses, raises

Workers at a company that manufactures electric lamps owned by prominent businessman Rami Lakah are demanding payment of unpaid bonuses--due…
Libya sets new labor conditions, say firms
Business

Libya sets new labor conditions, say firms

Three Egyptian companies are complaining that Libyan authorities have set excessively difficult conditions on Egyptian laborers seeking permits to work…
ILO accuses Egypt of violating labor rights
Egypt

ILO accuses Egypt of violating labor rights

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has classified Egypt among the 25 states most in violation of international labor conventions. The…
ILO: Egyptian govt ‘interfering’ in labor affairs
Egypt

ILO: Egyptian govt ‘interfering’ in labor affairs

At a conference currently underway in Geneva, Switzerland, the International Labor Organization (ILO) criticized the Egyptian government for what it…
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