labour protests
Activists introduce alternative labor law in Thursday conference
Egypt
March 2, 2015
Activists introduce alternative labor law in Thursday conference
A campaign of labor activists and independent labor groups are holding a conference on Thursday where they plan to introduce…
Labour union decries worker’s dismissal over ILO training
Egypt
January 18, 2015
Labour union decries worker’s dismissal over ILO training
A workers union has decried the decision by a major textile exporting firm to dismiss one of its workers for…
Egypt’s steel company: strikes caused LE35 mn in losses
Egypt
December 9, 2014
Egypt’s steel company: strikes caused LE35 mn in losses
The Egyptian Iron and Steel Company says it has sustained LE35 millions in losses due to strikes by workers demanding…
Campaign demands debate before adoption of new labor laws
Egypt
October 19, 2014
Campaign demands debate before adoption of new labor laws
A labor freedom campaign has warned against the government’s reported plans to issue new laws regulating labor and trade unionist…
10 injured as police disperses Samanoud textile workers protests
Egypt
November 16, 2013
10 injured as police disperses Samanoud textile workers protests
Four police officers and six workers were injured as security forcibly dispersed protests by workers from the Samanoud Felt Fabric…
State backs down on forcing striking train drivers into army
Egypt
April 11, 2013
State backs down on forcing striking train drivers into army
State authorities halted attempts at conscripting striking train drivers into the service of the Armed Forces on Wednesday, a campaign…
Iraq: Beyond sectarian lines
Opinion
March 20, 2013
Iraq: Beyond sectarian lines
As the world marks 10 years since the US invasion of Iraq, many will be thinking of that place again,…