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Manpower Ministry blacklists some Saudi and Libyan companies
Egypt

Manpower Ministry blacklists some Saudi and Libyan companies

The Manpower and Immigration Ministry has ordered local companies to stop contracting with Libyan construction and maintenance company Wadaq as…
Minister: No more than four Brotherhood members to be named to union boards
Egypt

Minister: No more than four Brotherhood members to be named to union boards

Changes to the Egyptian Trade Unions Federation leadership would not promote more than four Muslim Brotherhood members to the boards…
Metro drivers threaten to reduce train speeds
Egypt

Metro drivers threaten to reduce train speeds

Metro drivers striking at the Shubra al-Kheima Station on Tuesday threatened to reduce train speeds to 40 km per hour…
Ain Sokhna Port crisis ends, but demands remain
Egypt

Ain Sokhna Port crisis ends, but demands remain

While workers at the Ain Sokhna Port called off their 12-day long strike and returned to work on Wednesday after…
Ain ​​Sokhna port strike ends
Egypt

Ain ​​Sokhna port strike ends

Ain Sokhna Port workers and DP World have reached to an agreement to resume work in the port, which has…
Independent unions declare new alliance
Egypt

Independent unions declare new alliance

In a historic development, two independent workers’ groups and several political parties joined forces on Monday to establish the National…
Factory workers protest outside presidential palace
Egypt

Factory workers protest outside presidential palace

Workers from the Nasr Automotive, Ideal and Steam Boilers factories on Tuesday staged protests outside the presidential palace in Cairo,…
South Africa police fire tear gas as mine unrest spreads
World

South Africa police fire tear gas as mine unrest spreads

JOHANNESBURG — South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse striking miners at a gold mine near…
Labor protests: Causes and solutions
Opinion

Labor protests: Causes and solutions

It seems that the alarm bells are tolling to deaf ears. The socioeconomic situation in Egypt has become critical. Labor…
Constituent Assembly may scrap workers’ and farmers’ quota in Parliament
Egypt

Constituent Assembly may scrap workers’ and farmers’ quota in Parliament

The 50 percent quota for workers and farmers in Egypt’s Parliament — enforced for nearly five decades — is in…
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