Hossam el-Hamalawy
New reports issued by the Egyptian Workers and Trade Unions Watch:
First report is on the engineers’ protests in the electric power stations of Abu Sultan and Etaqa.
Also, there is a report on the plight of Egyptian Drilling Co. workers who were sacked by the management, and another on the Egypt-Hijaz Plastic Co workers’ protests.
Via the Arabist:
On Tuesday 25 November at 11am, the authorities, without warning, cut off electricity to the inhabitants of the hills of Gurna and removed supply cables. The families – men, women, CHILDREN – who were unable to come to an agreement for their relocation are therefore forced to use candles for lighting (as petrol for lamps is unavailable), even though these villagers had been paying their electricity bills.
Only archeologists and tourism sites continue to receive electricity.
The inhabitants have the feeling of living in Gaza rather than Egypt. They went to the hospital to begin a hunger strike but were refused entry.