metro workers
Update: Leaders of independent metro workers’ union summoned by police
Egypt
November 14, 2012
Update: Leaders of independent metro workers’ union summoned by police
Refaat Arafat, head of the independent trade union for Shubra al-Kheima metro workers, said he was summoned by security forces…
Metro drivers threaten to reduce train speeds
Egypt
November 13, 2012
Metro drivers threaten to reduce train speeds
Metro drivers striking at the Shubra al-Kheima Station on Tuesday threatened to reduce train speeds to 40 km per hour…
Metro workers threaten hunger strike
Egypt
July 5, 2012
Metro workers threaten hunger strike
Metro workers continued their sit-in at the Shohadaa (Martyrs) metro stop on Thursday and threatened to begin a hunger strike…
Metro workers begin open-ended sit-in
Egypt
July 4, 2012
Metro workers begin open-ended sit-in
Dozens of the metro’s maintenance workers and drivers’ assistants protested at the Shohadaa (Martyrs) Stop, demanding fixed contracts as promised…