The new bill has languished for over 5 years in Egypt's Parliament
One trade union representative called the move to shutter the firm amid the strike 'unprecedented'
“Did you not do your jobs? And you over there, did you not do your job?”
"Workers are hungry, and the administration couldn't care less about them”
Ten workers at a state-owned jeans factory in Gharbiya remained in custody on Tuesday, their whereabouts still unknown over 48 hours after…
Ten workers from the Nahdet Samanoud Textiles Company, which manufactures jeans for export from its site in Gharbiya, were arrested by security…
The strikes demanding a higher minimum wage and fairer benefits started three days ago.
“We have been deprived of a representative union,” said a worker.
Around 11,000 workers at the Egyptian Iron and Steel Company in southern Cairo’s Helwan district, who have been striking and protesting for…
Egypt commemorated Labor Day in two different locations, on two different days, and in markedly different ways. The first, a state-sponsored celebration,…
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