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Steelworkers protest salary shortfall
Egypt
November 18, 2009
Steelworkers protest salary shortfall
Some 300 employees of the Kouta Steel Factory in 10th of Ramadan City northeast of Cairo recently staged a sit-in…
Fayoumi: A working class hero
Egypt
November 17, 2009
Fayoumi: A working class hero
On the morning of January 30 in 2007, two buses arrived from Mahalla to Cairo's Shoubra district, parking a block…
South Cairo Electrical company workers threaten strike
Egypt
October 22, 2009
South Cairo Electrical company workers threaten strike
Workers at South Cairo Electrical Company are threatening an open ended sit-in at the company's el-Haram, Giza branch if their…
CAPMAS: Egyptians working abroad up 10% in 2008
Egypt
October 22, 2009
CAPMAS: Egyptians working abroad up 10% in 2008
Around 492,600 Egyptians obtained permits to work abroad in 2008, a ten per cent increase over the previous year, while…
Excuse me, we will take it from here
Egypt
July 11, 2009
Excuse me, we will take it from here
In a solidarity meeting in Cairo, the Tanta Flax and Oil Company workers renewed their call for the nationalization of…