labor movement
Presidential candidates jostle for labor vote
Egypt
May 1, 2012
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
May 1, 2012
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
March 14, 2012
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
January 22, 2012
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
January 1, 2012
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
October 29, 2011
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
September 28, 2011
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
July 27, 2011
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
January 21, 2011
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
July 20, 2010
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…