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Seven drown in sewers

Posted on By 3arabawy

From AFP:

A teenager and six other people who tried to rescue him have drowned in the sewers of a village of southern Egypt, a security services official said.
Ayman Mohammed Gomaa, 17, fell through the manhole of a sewer, which he was trying to unblock in Rifa, near the town of Assiut.
An uncle, Mohammed Gomaa, jumped in to try to save him but he also drowned, as did five other would-be rescuers, the source told AFP.
Local authorities have decided to pay LE 5,000 pounds in compensation for each victim.

So the price of Egyptian is LE5000 (US$890) according to Mubarak’s regime!

August report on industrial action

Posted on By 3arabawy

The Egyptian Workers and Trade Unions Watch has put out two reports on the industrial action during the month of August.

The first report keeps tabs on the industrial conflicts during the third and fourth weeks of August: 68 conflicts in the following sectors: Mining/Engineering, Chemicals, Textile, Transportation, Commerce, Health, Civil Servants. The report includes details on the factories, types of protests and industrial actions, and the numbers of workers involved.

The second report gives an overall picture of the industrial struggle during the whole month of August: 100 conflicts in 88 facilities and companies, distributed among 18 provinces.