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Egypt: Woman striker killed on picket line

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Submitted by Davidkima643 on June 9, 2011 - 1:31pm.
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The long-running industrial strike by workers at Mansoura-Espana Garments Company took a tragic twist on Tuesday when a worker was run over and killed during a protest over unpaid wages.

Egypt's new workers' movement: union leader Kamal Abbas visits the UK

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Submitted by Aine Treanor on April 21, 2011 - 4:53pm.
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The Egyptian revolution was prepared by groups of workers struggling to build independent trade unions - and since the fall of Mubarak, union organisation, workers' protests and strikes have spread like wildfire.

Between 18 and 21 May, activists from Egypt's Centre for Trade Union and Workers' Services/Federation for Independent Unions will be visiting the UK, hosted by Egypt Workers' Solidarity www.egyptworkersolidarity.org. There are meetings in Liverpool on Thursday 19 May and London on Friday 20 May.

Egypt's recent ban on strikes and protesting

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"We believe that the rights to strike and to protest are essential to any democratic society, and the proposed law to ban strikes in Egypt is contrary to the aims and spirit of the ’25 January revolution’."

Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions formed

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Submitted by blobubl on March 6, 2011 - 4:45pm.
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The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions was formed on 2 March at a conference held at the Journalists’ Syndicate on March 2nd that brought together several hundred independent trade unionists and labour activists.

The Image above is of striking garment workers - many of whom are women - from the plants in Mahalla.

Egypt Workers Solidarity campaign set up

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Submitted by blobubl on February 21, 2011 - 5:23pm.
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A new Egypt Workers Solidarity campaign is being set up...

Egypt: El Mahallah Spinning Company Workers on an Open Strike

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Submitted by blobubl on February 16, 2011 - 11:34pm.
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Egypt, CTUWS, February 16, 2011: Today morning more than 20.000 workers of El Mahallah Spinning Company started an open strike...

New Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions announced in Cairo

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Submitted by _griff on February 8, 2011 - 9:54pm.
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Press release from CTUWS, independent Egyptian trade union.

"The workers are angry!" - Press release from CTUWS, Cairo

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Submitted by _griff on February 1, 2011 - 12:31pm.
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CENTER FOR TRADE UNION WORKERS AND SERVICES (CTUWS)
Winner of the Prize of the French Republic for Human Rights

Press Release On 1/2/2011 (Translation from French Version)

The workers are angry!

Tens of thousands of Egyptian workers (men and women) join the Millions Persons demonstration/protest events being organized today in the capital, Cairo, in Alexandria and in other parts of Egypt with the aim of overthrowing the regime.

Egypt: Protests inspired by Tunisia and fanned by social media break out nationwide

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Submitted by _griff on January 26, 2011 - 9:11am.
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Young Egyptians frustrated by the kind of poverty and oppression which triggered the overthrow of Tunisian regime organise the largest popular protest in Egypt since 1977 as president's familly flee to London.

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Textile workers fightback in Egypt

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Submitted by mark osborn on February 21, 2008 - 4:03pm.
Textile workers fightback in Egypt

10,000 textile workers from Ghazl el-Mahalla took to the streets demanding raising the national minimum (monthly) wage to LE1200. Mubarak's Central Security Forces were out in full gear, and tried to prevent the workers from marching, but the workers managed to storm the company gates, chanting:
"Down Down Hosni Mubarak!"… "You, who's ruling us from (the Presidential Place in) Abdeen, your rule is shit!"… "They (the elite) are eating chicken and pigeons, while we are sick of eating beans"… "Gamal (Mubarak), tell your dad, the Gharbeia province (where Mahalla is located) hates him!"

Egyptian textile workers win victory

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Submitted by mark osborn on September 30, 2007 - 9:33am.
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Workers at the Mahalla plant have won an important victory

Hundreds of sit-in strikes shake Egypt

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Submitted by mark osborn on May 10, 2007 - 7:08am.

The biggest strike wave in Egypt since WW2 has begun... [from MERIP]

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