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Ghazl el-Mahalla on STRIKE!

Posted on 27/09/200704/02/2021 By 3arabawy

Journalist Liam Stack of the Daily Star Egypt traveled to Mahalla yesterday. Here are some pix he took of the fourth day of Ghazl el-Mahalla strike:

  • Liam writes: "This man, who was afraid to give us his name, says they are not paid enough to cover expenses like rent, utilities, groceries, school fees and medicine. If there is an illness or wedding in the family, or a holiday, working families in Mahalla may face financial ruin."
  • Liam writes: " 27,000 workers are participating in the strike, which is the second to shut down the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in the last 10 months. They say the company is corrupt and that neither management nor the government had fulfilled promises they made after the last strike."
  • Liam writes: "Labor Minister Aisha Abdel Hady has accused the strikers of sabotaging the machines, but on a recent visit the company's own security guards insisted this was not true. The guards took myself and a colleague, Maram Mazen, on a tour of the plant to show us that the machines were in working order."
  • Liam writes: " Workers say they are not paid enough money to meet their basic needs, and often can not even buy enough groceries to feed their families. One family described breaking the Ramadan fast with a simple meal of bread, lettuce and taameya (felafel) because they were unable to afford anything else."
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