The 4000-strong workers strike in the Menoufiya-based textile factory enters its fifth sixth day. I’m currently too busy with some commitments to follow up personally the strike development, but I saw on Al-Jazeera yesterday that a number of workers in the factory have already started a hunger strike.
Here’s a photo of the factory occupation, published by Al-Wafd:
Moreover, I’ve just read on Omar’s blog that around 3000 workers at the Cairo Poltry Company have started a strike after the company CEO decided to stop paying bonuses and froze the annual salaries’ raises. No more details are available at the moment.