unions
Labor organization accuses FJP of hindering trade union freedoms law
Egypt
May 30, 2012
Labor organization accuses FJP of hindering trade union freedoms law
The General Coordinator of the Center for Trade Union and Workers' Services accused the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party…
Policemen see security reform in unionization
Egypt
February 26, 2012
Policemen see security reform in unionization
Thousands of policemen and officers across Egypt are seeking to establish trade unions with which to protect their interests. Legal…
Chaos and confusion in first Doctors Syndicate election in 20 years
Egypt
October 14, 2011
Chaos and confusion in first Doctors Syndicate election in 20 years
Hundreds of Egyptian doctors arrived at the headquarters of the doctors' general election committee at Al-Azhar Conference Center Friday morning…
Public transport workers to stage general strike Sunday
Business
September 17, 2011
Public transport workers to stage general strike Sunday
A dispute between the official Public Transport Workers Syndicate and its independent counterpart about staging a general strike escalated on…
Co-opting Egypt’s farmers no longer feasible after 25 January
Egypt
September 10, 2011
Co-opting Egypt’s farmers no longer feasible after 25 January
Amid rising labor and social protests across Egypt, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) planned to breathe…
Fifty-two education movements to protest next Wednesday
Egypt
September 2, 2011
Fifty-two education movements to protest next Wednesday
Fifty-two education movements and associations announced Friday they would participate in a "teacher's demonstration" scheduled for next Wednesday, 10 September…
New law to free workers’ syndicates from state control
Egypt
August 14, 2011
New law to free workers’ syndicates from state control
Labor activists are keenly anticipating a new law on labor syndicates, a draft of which has apparently been completed and…
Revolutionary coalitions multiply, fragment and disagree on the way ahead
Egypt
June 24, 2011
Revolutionary coalitions multiply, fragment and disagree on the way ahead
Having accepted an invitation to attend a meeting of the Coalition to Protect the Revolution, mathematics professor Mina Abdel Malek…
Calls for million-man labor protest against corruption
Egypt
June 19, 2011
Calls for million-man labor protest against corruption
The Coalition of Independent Revolutionaries, the Independent Trade Union and the National Center for Popular Committees called for a million-man…
Legal battle against Mubarak’s trade union federation begins
Egypt
June 14, 2011
Legal battle against Mubarak’s trade union federation begins
A legal case was lodged with the Administrative Court on Tuesday calling for the dissolution of the state-controlled Egyptian Trade…