Hundreds of Luxor Cleaning Authority workers have held Luxor’s governor hostage in his office to demand better wages.
The workers blocked Corniche Road, stopped traffic and sealed the governorate headquarters building with iron chains.
“I promised to relay their demands to the Finance Ministry,” said Governor Ezzat Saad, adding that he is not authorized to increase wages.
State-run Al-Ahram newspaper's website reported that this was the second time in a week that the same workers are protesting.
Two days ago, workers staged a protest in front of the governorate’s headquarters on Corniche Road and prevented cars from passing. They then burst into the building to protest low wages and demand permanent contracts.
Al-Wafd newspaper reported on its website that the protesters exceeded 500, and that they now also demand that the governor and his secretary, Alaa al-Harras, resign. The latter had allegedly called them “insects.”
Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
