Bureaucratic hurdles, political messages and a legal stand against hopes for liberated labor unions in Egypt
Independent labor unions were among those who joined the June 30 movement, but 3 years on, they say that they have not reaped any benefits for their once strong support.
The Egyptian government returned control of the Ministry of Manpower to the highly contentious state-controlled Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) on Monday, reversing progress made in labor rights since the…
A Giza court commenced a case against Egypt’s independent trade unions on Sunday, filed by the state-controlled Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF), which has called for their dissolution. The ETUF claims independent…
Critics of the trade union law amendments argue that they have been tailored to the interests of the state-controlled ETUF.
A historic case seeking to outlaw Egypt’s independent trade unions, in which a verdict was due Sunday, was referred to the Supreme…
Dozens of journalists protested on the stairs outside Egypt's Journalists Syndicate after security forces stormed the building Sunday night. President of the Journalists Syndicate Yehia Qallash told CBC…
The United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO) issued a statement Friday criticizing Egypt’s ongoing repression of independent trade unions and workers’ freedom of association.…
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court issued a historic verdict on Sunday in which it rejected an appeal filed by a bank seeking to…
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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