Amonsito textiles company
Labor unrest persists among private sector workers
Business
August 6, 2010
Labor unrest persists among private sector workers
A wave of industrial unrest has swept through the private sector this week.A delegation of some 150 employees from the…
Amonsito workers resume protests
Egypt
July 13, 2010
Amonsito workers resume protests
Hundreds of workers from the Amonsito company protested yesterday in front of the headquarters of the Egyptian Federation of Trade…
Amonsito workers to end sit-in as syndicate foresees resolution to crisis
Egypt
July 2, 2010
Amonsito workers to end sit-in as syndicate foresees resolution to crisis
Amonsito textile workers suspended their ongoing sit-in late Wednesday after reaching an agreement with Textile Workers Syndicate head Said el-Gohary…
Thursday’s papers: cigarette taxes, Shoura elections, and dancing on the streets
Egypt
May 20, 2010
Thursday’s papers: cigarette taxes, Shoura elections, and dancing on the streets
President Mubarak’s meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi dominates state-owned papers today with a series of headlines devoted to…
Demos accumulate outside Shura Council
Egypt
May 9, 2010
Demos accumulate outside Shura Council
Amonsito textile workers continued their demonstration yesterday in front of Shura Council headquarters in downtown Cairo. Workers protested the government's…
Bank, labor officials drag feet on Amonsito payouts
Egypt
April 13, 2010
Bank, labor officials drag feet on Amonsito payouts
After a 21-day sit-in outside the gates of Egypt’s parliament building, workers of the Amonsito textile factory finally reached a…
Amonsito workers call off Shura Council sit-in
Egypt
March 21, 2010
Amonsito workers call off Shura Council sit-in
Employees of the Amonsito textiles company called off their sit-in in front of the Shura Council building in downtown Cairo--which…