unions

Hundreds of sewing machines inside the Mega Textile Company S.S.C. stand idle. American label pants that usually sell for US$60…

“We joined [the union] because our rights are lost,” says Fahmy Adel Fahmy, a member of the Independent Bakers’ Union.…

For the first time in its long history, Egypt and its working class celebrate Labor Day with independent unions, said…

On Sunday, Egypt is set to celebrate its first Labor Day in a post-Hosni Mubarak era that swarms with prospects…

Next time you slice a juicy red tomato, consider that rural Egypt is being bled to death. Arable land is…

How will the Egyptian political spectrum look if a more democratic system takes hold in the coming period? Some say…

The international human rights watchdog group Amnesty International has urged Egypt to lift restrictions on establishing independent labor unions and…

Greek civil servants and private sector workers will strike for 24 hours on 5 May to protest against austerity measures,…

Athens--Greece's main private and public sector labor unions called a 3-hour work stoppage for Friday, stepping up opposition to new…

On the morning of January 30 in 2007, two buses arrived from Mahalla to Cairo's Shoubra district, parking a block…