Here is a digital copy of the last issue of “Sawt ‘Ummal el-Mahalla” (Voice of Mahalla Workers) newsletter, produced by the Textile Workers League at the beginning of March:
Year: 2009
Grain Mills workers campaign for free union
Domino Effect: The South Cairo Grain Mills workers are collecting signatures endorsing the establishment of a free union…
Again: I do NOT endorse the 6 April ‘general strike’
Here we again.. The 6th of April Youth are renewing their Facebook call for a “general strike” amid sensational media coverage both locally and internationally. While I respect the sincere intentions of those who are calling for this “general strike” I will NOT endorse it. Why? My reasons for not endorsing the April 2008 call (and the ensuing ones, how many were they? three or four “Facebook general strikes”? I lost count!) remain unchanged in April 2009.