labor movement

Presidential candidates jostle for labor vote
Egypt

Presidential candidates jostle for labor vote

Presidential candidates are out and about on Labor Day trying to gather support from laborers, a key constituency. While laborers…
Political estrangement, legal challenges hamper labor movement
Egypt

Political estrangement, legal challenges hamper labor movement

With the ongoing marginalization of Egypt’s working classes, the revolutionary demands of “bread, freedom, and social justice” remain distant goals.…
Draft law threatens independent unions, but workers vow to fight
Business

Draft law threatens independent unions, but workers vow to fight

A new draft law introduced in Parliament threatens to dissolve the independent trade unions that have sprung up in various…
One year on, the labor revolution is stalling
Business

One year on, the labor revolution is stalling

On 30 January, only five days into the revolution, the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions was born, the first…
Hundreds protest in front of govt headquarters amid tight security
Egypt

Hundreds protest in front of govt headquarters amid tight security

Hundreds of employees from public sector companies and government institutions staged a protest on Sunday in front of the temporary…
Moussa: I’m using personal contacts to recover funds smuggled abroad
Egypt

Moussa: I’m using personal contacts to recover funds smuggled abroad

Presidential hopeful Amr Moussa has said he is contacting and negotiating with the European Union (EU) in order to recover…
Amid uncertainty, labor uprisings reignite revolution
Egypt

Amid uncertainty, labor uprisings reignite revolution

Just when everyone thought that the fervor of Egypt’s revolution might be flagging, labor protests and fears of a Mubarak-era…
International union federations vie for Egypt’s workers
Business

International union federations vie for Egypt’s workers

The recently liberated Egyptian labor movement is being courted by international union federations looking for inroads into one of the…
State’s union control keeps Egyptian labor quiet
Egypt

State’s union control keeps Egyptian labor quiet

A recurrence of Tunisia's uprising in unlikely to occur in Egypt because the country lacks a strong independent labor movement,…
School teachers form Egypt’s 2nd independent union
Egypt

School teachers form Egypt’s 2nd independent union

In 1993, Ashraf el-Hefny got his first job as a mathematics teacher at a public school in the coastal city…
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