Translation via Per:
El-Badeel today published some statistics from the Land Center from Human Rights: During 2008 a total of 609 industrial actions occurred in Egypt, including 122 strikes. This is slightly less than 2007 but still far more than previous years. The true number of protests might be higher, since these numbers are based mainly on protests actually reported by media.
Resources on the Egyptian labor movement could be found in this Diigo group.
The wheels are coming off the bus everywhere!
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