Sources express fear that the decision will formalize and entrench an already precarious situation
"When we brought up the raises, they told us, ‘you can leave'”
When the US Kellogg Company bought a majority stake in local snack maker Bisco Misr in January 2015, the Egyptian company’s shareholders walked away with around US$125 million. The Kellogg Company,…
Chants for bread and social justice didn't emerge out of the January 25, 2011 revolution. Long before 2011, a strong protest movement existed against the economic policies of former President Mubarak…
Abdel Rahim Ali, the owner of Al-Bawaba News, was found guilty of failing to meet the minimum wage threshold for journalists at…
On Wednesday morning, workers’ representatives met with company chair
Medical interns are calling for an increase in the monthly training stipends they receive during the obligatory two-year internships they undertake at…
The increase is set to take effect from March
Authorities in Egypt arrested 26 people on Saturday who work for the east Cairo factories of T&C Garments, a Turkish-Egyptian clothing manufacturer…
Workers at the state-owned Egyptian Aluminum Company in Qena began a partial strike on Tuesday to protest the company’s decision to reduce…
«At the World Social Science Forum in September 2015 in Durban, South Africa, many presentations offered a grim perspective on the state of poverty and inequality…»
«The recent article in Mada Masr on Egypt’s new public-sector minimum wage “falling short” makes the right point — that it will exacerbate inequality — but…»
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