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Power plant engineers’ coalition calls for safety measures for workers
Egypt
May 18, 2015
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
May 16, 2015
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
May 15, 2015
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
May 14, 2015
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
May 14, 2015
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 1, 2015
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
April 30, 2015
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
April 30, 2015
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
April 6, 2015
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
April 6, 2015
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…