4th Annual WCCTUR Conference: Workers and Social Resistance

The Workers’ Coordinating Committee for Trade Union Rights (WCCTUR) is to hold its fourth annual conference, titled “Workers and Social Resistance,” this Friday 11 May at the Cairo Press Syndicate.

Friday Conference Timetable:
10am to 10:30am: Registration
10:30am to 10:45am: Opening note, by Saud Omar of the WCCTUR
10:45am to 12:45pm: First session
“The Attack on the Right to Health Insurance”
The session will be chaired by Dr. Abdel Galil Mustafa, and coordinated by Muhammad Abdel Salam. The speakers will include: Dr. Ra’ouf Hamed and Dr. Shoukri Azer
12:45pm to 1:45pm: Break
1:45pm to 3:30pm: The Second Session:
“Labor Protests: Indications and Results”
The session will be chaired by Magdi Helmi, and coordinated by Ad-Doustour labor correspondent Mustafa Bassiouny. Speakers will include labor lawyer Khaled Ali. Workers who took part in the recent wave of strikes will also give their testimonies.
3:30pm to 4:30pm: Lunch
4:30pm to 6pm: The Third Session:
“The Right to Fair Wage”
The session will be chaired by Dr. Ibrahim el-‘Eissawi, and coordinated by Elhami el-Merghani. Speakers will include Ahmad el-Naggar.
6pm: Recommendations
The organizers will draft the recommendations of the conference into a statement… followed by honoring the Center for Trade Union and Workers’ Services, and labor leaders Ahmad Khedr and Abdel Moneim Karawya.