minimum wage

Some 20,000 workers went on strike at the state-owned Mahalla Textile Company on Wednesday morning, despite warnings from the Supreme…

The Egyptian government intends to double the salaries of its state employees over the next five years, Minister of State…

Over a hundred labor activists and workers staged a protest on Sunday evening outside the Journalists' Syndicate in downtown Cairo,…

For decades, the Egyptian economy was managed in the same manner that a taxi driver managed his vehicle. The taxi--let’s…

Amid harsh condemnation from private sector employees over the recent LE400 monthly minimum wage decision, a number of government employees…

The Egyptian Federation of Trade Unions (EFTU) has decided to challenge a decision by the Egyptian National Council for Wages…

Safwat al-Nahhas, head of the Central Agency for Organization and Administration, warned that a minimum wage of LE1200 will cause…

Kuwait--Lucy Cometa, a Filipina maid in Kuwait, hasn't had a single day off work as a domestic helper for four…

Some ministry advisers in Egypt earn larger salaries than US President Barack Obama, says Ahmed el-Naggar, economy expert at the…

At a meeting with the Egyptian Trade Union Federation on Wednesday, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said that any increase in…