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3600 tax officers stage sit-in

Posted on By 3arabawy

From Al-Masry Al-Youm:

Around 3600 tax officers in the Upper Egyptian town of Bani Sweif and the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya staged a sit-in Sunday, demanding improving their work conditions to match those of their colleagues in Cairo.

In the Nile Delta province of Daqahliya, civil servants in the Ministry of Education are threatening to strike over their exclusion from a govt work reform package.

UPDATE: Here’s a report on the Bani Sweif protest by blogger Egyptian Pegasus.

Hundreds of Tanta workers stage sit-in

Posted on By 3arabawy

Hours following the victory of Ghazl el-Mahalla strikers, hundreds of workers from the Tanta Flax and Oils Company, staged a strike demanding an increase in their profit shares to a six-month pay, an increase in their food allowance, and instating 200 workers who are on temporary work contracts. The company is owned by a private Saudi investor, and is located in the Nile Delta province of Gharbeia, where Mahalla is.

UPDATE: According to Al-Masry Al-Youm, a total of 600 workers took part in the protests. The paper also reports more on the situation of the uninstated 200 workers: They’ve been working in the company for seven years, with a LE6 (roughly one US Dollar) daily wage.

SSS: State Security Saints

Posted on By 3arabawy

Despite all my frustration that I’m away from Egypt and missed out on the strongest strike the country had in two decades… I’m for sure grateful I’m away from the intensive bullshit and govt propaganda, a.k.a. Ramadan soap-operas, on Mubarak’s State TV.

Like almost every year, soaps are portraying State Security and police officers as angels, well behaved, thinking of nothing except the well being of their prisoners 24/7, fighting corruption bravely, locking up even a son of minister!!!! LOL! A son of a minister gets imprisoned on criminal charges in Egypt!!? When did this ever happen!?

And what’s even better, lawyers in the soaps try to convince the detainees to “falsely accuse” the police officers of torture and mistreatment! LOL once again! I won’t be surprised if they also show those evil bloggers digitally fabricating torture videos and accusing those State Security Saints of brutality.