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NYU adds worker rights rules to Abu Dhabi contract
World

NYU adds worker rights rules to Abu Dhabi contract

New York-- Workers involved in building and operating New York University's Middle East campus in Abu Dhabi must have protections…
Navigation company workers halt sit-in
Business

Navigation company workers halt sit-in

Around 600 workers at the Egyptian Navigation Company suspended their sit-in strike after management promised to pay overdue salaries and…
4 years of EU-Egypt vocational training
Egypt

4 years of EU-Egypt vocational training

Representatives of the Egyptian government, the European Union, and the chamber of commerce, met on Sunday to commemorate four years…
Phone workers protest salary shortfalls
Egypt

Phone workers protest salary shortfalls

Employees of the Maasara phone company south of Cairo staged a demonstration Sunday in which they blocked traffic on the…
Staff protests at Maasara Telephone Company
Egypt

Staff protests at Maasara Telephone Company

Workers at Maasara Telephone Company (MTC) protested yesterday their "indefinite" position and the "obscurity" surrounding the company's future, since operation…
Govt report: Top stories of 2009
Egypt

Govt report: Top stories of 2009

Workers strikes, death sentences, murders, new ministries, and Farouk Hosni. These were just a few of the top stories of…
Mahalla textile workers mull strike action
Egypt

Mahalla textile workers mull strike action

After weeks of preparation for a strike at the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in the Cairo industrial district of…
The struggles of Lebanon’s migrant maids
World

The struggles of Lebanon’s migrant maids

Beirut--On 21 October this year, 26-six year-old Ethiopian migrant worker Zeditu Kebede Matente was found dead hanging from an olive…
An endangered breed of trade unionists
Egypt

An endangered breed of trade unionists

The number of women working in Egypt's trade union offices has always been negligible. Two prominent examples of contemporary female…
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