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Power plant engineers’ coalition calls for safety measures for workers
Egypt

Power plant engineers’ coalition calls for safety measures for workers

The coalition of power plant engineers has called on the Electricity Ministry to investigate the absence of industrial safety standards…
Picking strawberries in Mexico for US tables leaves workers asking for more
Food

Picking strawberries in Mexico for US tables leaves workers asking for more

Huddled around a single flickering candle in a tiny wood and cardboard shack on scrubland in Mexico's northwest, laborer Genaro…
Tourah Cement Company workers end strike
Egypt

Tourah Cement Company workers end strike

Tourah Cement Company workers, who had been on strike for a month and half, ended the strike on Thursday, following…
Activists seek signatures against draft labor law
Egypt

Activists seek signatures against draft labor law

A campaign of labor activists has called for collecting signatures to reject government draft amendments to the labor law currently…
13 Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya, families say
Egypt

13 Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya, families say

Residents of Al-Sheikh Massoud village in Minya said they had received phone calls from their fmaily members working in Libya,…
May Day rallies in Asia as South Koreans clash with police
World

May Day rallies in Asia as South Koreans clash with police

South Korean workers clashed with riot police at a May Day rally in Seoul on Friday, vowing to wage an…
State to force protesting workers into retirement
Egypt

State to force protesting workers into retirement

Two days ahead of the International Workers' Day celebrations, the supreme administrative court decided that any government worker who participates…
Minister: Over 15,000 workers dismissed following 25 January revolution
Egypt

Minister: Over 15,000 workers dismissed following 25 January revolution

Over 15,000 workers have been dismissed from different Egyptian companies and factories since the January 25 revolution, but only a…
Cement workers protest over annual bonus deductions
Egypt

Cement workers protest over annual bonus deductions

Workers at Egypt’s largest cement company protested for a 12th consecutive day over reductions in their annual share of revenues…
Campaign calls for conference on labor rights as protests surge in 2015
Egypt

Campaign calls for conference on labor rights as protests surge in 2015

A labor rights advocacy campaign has said that the number of labor protests surged to 393 during the first quarter…
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