Lovely news from home…
The strike of the Suez Fertilizers Company workers was suspended Friday 5:30pm, following negotiations between the CEO of the company Sayyed Abul Hawa el-Daw and the Labor Ministry officials in Suez on the one hand, and six of the strike leaders on the other, whereby the following had been agreed up on:
1-The monthly salaries of the workers will be raised by LE200
2-An Ambulance car will be provided and stationed at the factory
3-A daily meal will be provided for the workers in their shift breaks
4-A sacking order against one of the strikers has been revoked
Mabrouk!
[I had to check with my sources again in Egypt about the timing of the strike, coz I was skeptical about how the strike started on a Friday, which is supposedly a holiday. But it turned out this company is one of those who work 24/7, with three alternating eight-hour daily shifts.]
I still don’t have details about the situation in the mother company in Kafr el-Zayat, where 2000 workers warned the management on Friday that they would start a strike on Sunday if the Social Bonuses are not paid.