labor strikes
Major Tunisian union threatens protests if privatizations go ahead
Middle East
March 25, 2018
Major Tunisian union threatens protests if privatizations go ahead
Tunisia’s powerful UGTT labor union will stage protests if the government goes ahead and privatizes ailing state firms, the UGTT…
Rubbish piles up in Paris as pre-Euro football protests go on
World
June 8, 2016
Rubbish piles up in Paris as pre-Euro football protests go on
Rubbish piled up on streets in parts of Paris and other French cities on Wednesday as strikes and pickets by…
EgyptAir resumes flights Sunday as pilots win pay raise, end strike action
Egypt
May 15, 2016
EgyptAir resumes flights Sunday as pilots win pay raise, end strike action
Airline EgyptAir resumed its normal flight schedule on Sunday after industrial action by pilots resulted in severe disruption to flights…
Judiciary highlights contradiction in Egypt, international law on strikes
Egypt
May 19, 2015
Judiciary highlights contradiction in Egypt, international law on strikes
Egypt’s judiciary has highlighted conflicting stipulations between Egypt’s local laws and the international agreements it signed on the right to stage…
Dozens of Alexandria railway workers stage sit-in
Egypt
April 1, 2013
Dozens of Alexandria railway workers stage sit-in
Dozens of railway workers and conductors at Alexandria's Masr Station staged a sit-in on Monday in conjunction with a scheduled…
Cement company workers decry dog attack
Egypt
March 2, 2013
Cement company workers decry dog attack
The use of police dogs in attacks against labor actions have been documented by activists and workers, who say that this…
Labor dispute resolution makes little headway for Ain Sokhna Port workers
Business
March 1, 2013
Labor dispute resolution makes little headway for Ain Sokhna Port workers
Workers at Ain Sokhna Port returned to work last week, bringing to an end a two-week strike that resulted in…
Faragallah crisis renewed as 27 workers suspended, arrested
Egypt
February 23, 2013
Faragallah crisis renewed as 27 workers suspended, arrested
Workers at Faragalla foodstuffs plant said that 27 of them were suspended and then arrested after they returned to work…
Security forces break up Titan Cement sit-in
Egypt
February 17, 2013
Security forces break up Titan Cement sit-in
Central Security Forces stormed the Titan Cement company in Dekheila, west Alexandria Sunday, breaking up a two-week sit-in and freeing…
Ain Sokhna strike partially ends, but work suspended until Monday
Egypt
February 16, 2013
Ain Sokhna strike partially ends, but work suspended until Monday
The strike at Ain Sokhna Port has been partially resolved, according to Red Sea Ports Authority head Abdel Qader Gaballah,…