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1.1% increase in numbers of foreign workers in Egypt, CAPMAS
Egypt
July 30, 2017
1.1% increase in numbers of foreign workers in Egypt, CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said Sunday that the total number of foreigners working in the…
ILO puts Egypt on black list due to violations against laborers
Egypt
June 7, 2017
ILO puts Egypt on black list due to violations against laborers
The International Labor Organization has added Egypt to its black list Monday, citing numerous violations committed by the government against laborers that…
Japan’s ‘Overtime Work’ culture difficult to change
Business
December 18, 2016
Japan’s ‘Overtime Work’ culture difficult to change
Japanese workers put up with long hours and unpaid overtime under pressure from cost-saving companies, and the Japanese government, which…
Sugar factory workers strike, demanding share in profits
Egypt
November 20, 2016
Sugar factory workers strike, demanding share in profits
For the second week in a row, workers in Hamool beet sugar factory (Delta Sugar Company), in Kafr el-Sheikh governorate,…
Thirteen workers trapped, three dead, in Turkish copper mine after landslide
World
November 18, 2016
Thirteen workers trapped, three dead, in Turkish copper mine after landslide
Rescue teams sought to free 13 workers trapped in a copper mine in southeast Turkey on Friday after it was…
Egypt’s consulate supports family of worker killed in Italy
Egypt
September 17, 2016
Egypt’s consulate supports family of worker killed in Italy
Officials from Egypt’s consulate in Milan visited the family of Abdel Salam al-Sayyed Danaf, 52, who was run over by…
Abandoned by the gov’t, families of Libya abductees resort to brokers
Egypt
August 13, 2016
Abandoned by the gov’t, families of Libya abductees resort to brokers
The families of seven Egyptians kidnapped in Libya earlier this year have resorted to Libyan middlemen to save their relatives, after pleas…
Twenty-seven Egyptians reported abducted in Libya
Egypt
August 8, 2016
Twenty-seven Egyptians reported abducted in Libya
Twenty-seven Egyptian workers were abducted by militants at Brega City on Saturday, and the Libyan army has been deployed to…
Death by overwork on rise among Japan’s vulnerable workers
Business
April 3, 2016
Death by overwork on rise among Japan’s vulnerable workers
Japan is witnessing a record number of compensation claims related to death from overwork, or "karoshi", a phenomenon previously associated…
Egypt Aluminum Company workers stage protests
Egypt
December 27, 2015
Egypt Aluminum Company workers stage protests
Dozens of Egypt Aluminum Company workers in Naga Hammadi staged an open-ended sit-in on Sunday, demanding the company be cleansed…