Tanta Flax and Oils Company
Manpower Minister cuts deal with Tanta investor
Egypt
June 28, 2010
Manpower Minister cuts deal with Tanta investor
Minister of Manpower and Migration Aisha Abdel Hadi reached an agreement on Monday with the General Union for Textile workers…
Court hopes Tanta verdict deters workers’ rights violations
Egypt
June 20, 2010
Court hopes Tanta verdict deters workers’ rights violations
Al-Masry Al-Youm has obtained a copy of the Tanta Misdemeanor Court's rationale for its 16 June verdict sentencing Saudi investor…
Saudi investor gets jail time for violating workers’ rights
Egypt
June 16, 2010
Saudi investor gets jail time for violating workers’ rights
An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced a Saudi Arabian investor to two years in prison after he was found guilty…
Thursday’s papers: No volcanic ash in Egypt
Egypt
April 22, 2010
Thursday’s papers: No volcanic ash in Egypt
State-run and independent newspapers report that volcanic ashes, emitted last week from Iceland's volcano, will not affect Egypt. Regarding recent…
Flax protests prompt clashes in parliament
Egypt
February 22, 2010
Flax protests prompt clashes in parliament
Employees of the Tanta Flax and Oils Company staged protests in front of the Egyptian Parliament building in downtown Cairo…
Minister fails to resolve flax workers’ sit-in
Egypt
February 18, 2010
Minister fails to resolve flax workers’ sit-in
Manpower Minister Aisha Abdel Hadi on Thursday failed to resolve an ongoing sit-in organized by employees of the Tanta Flax…
Tanta flax workers protest enters 2nd week
Egypt
February 14, 2010
Tanta flax workers protest enters 2nd week
Around 400 workers from the Tanta Flax and Oils Company began an open-ended sit-in last Monday outside of the Egyptian…