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Egypt’s textile heartland probes 8 workers for fueling strike
Egypt
January 21, 2015
Egypt’s textile heartland probes 8 workers for fueling strike
Eight workers from al-Mahalla Spinning and Weaving company have been referred to an administrative investigation as the company accused them…
Labour union decries worker’s dismissal over ILO training
Egypt
January 18, 2015
Labour union decries worker’s dismissal over ILO training
A workers union has decried the decision by a major textile exporting firm to dismiss one of its workers for…
Labor activist continues hunger strike over protesting workers’ crackdown
Egypt
December 21, 2014
Labor activist continues hunger strike over protesting workers’ crackdown
A leading labor activist entered on Sunday his second day on hunger strike in protest over his superiors’ crackdown on…
Italy labor leader boasts Arab ancestry, points to regional economic ties
Life & Style
December 17, 2014
Italy labor leader boasts Arab ancestry, points to regional economic ties
The head of the Italian Labor Union Carmelo Barbagallo has expressed pride of his Arab ancestry, voicing optimism for Africa’s…
State steel company workers resume strike amid government disregard
Egypt
December 8, 2014
State steel company workers resume strike amid government disregard
About 12,000 workers at the state-owned Egyptian Iron and Steel Company entered a third day of a strike they resumed…
Spinning and weaving workers resume strike demanding minimum wage be applied
Egypt
February 11, 2014
Spinning and weaving workers resume strike demanding minimum wage be applied
Thousands of Mahalla Spinning and Weaving Company resumed on Tuesday their strike and sit-in staged at the company demanding the…
Unpaid workers going hungry in Qatar
Egypt
December 22, 2013
Unpaid workers going hungry in Qatar
More than 80 construction workers hired to work in Doha’s high-rise towers and stadiums, mostly from Asia's poorest countries, are…
Military reopens Ataka seaport after negotiations with workers
Egypt
December 21, 2013
Military reopens Ataka seaport after negotiations with workers
Border troops have convinced hundreds of Ataka seaport’s workers in Suez to reopen the port after responding to demands of…
Suez seaport workers close port gates in protest
Egypt
December 18, 2013
Suez seaport workers close port gates in protest
Workers of the Ataka seaport overlooking the Suez gulf closed the port’s gates on Wednesday in protest of lack of…
Iron & Steel Company denies chairman dismissal, end of sit-in
Egypt
December 15, 2013
Iron & Steel Company denies chairman dismissal, end of sit-in
In a statement to the stock exchange, Egyptian Iron & Steel Company denied news over dismissing Chairman Mohamed Saad Negeida, reformation…