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Military Tribunals for MB activists!!

Posted on By 3arabawy

In an escalation that reminds us of the dark days of the 1990s in Egypt, when crackdown on dissent was at its height, Khairat el-Shatter and other senior MB leaders will be tried in front of military tribunals.

I still do not have more details. But this is a very dangerous escalation. Civilians tried in front of military tribunals? Today it’s the MB; Tomorrow who’s next?

Solidarity with the MB detainees is a MUST. Those who think secular leftists and liberals are immune from this are mistaken. Our turn is coming if we do not stand up to these kangaroo trials now.

UPDATE: Here’s a Reuters report by journalist and university mate Aziz…

Egypt refers Brotherhood official to military court
By Abdel Latief Wahba and Aziz El-Kaissouni
CAIRO, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Egypt ordered one of the leaders of the banned Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday to face charges in a military tribunal.
The step was Egypt’s most serious attempt to stop the Brotherhood from advancing further in mainstream politics. The country’s strongest opposition group operates openly despite being officially banned.
“A decree was issued today to transfer the crimes … which Muhammad Khairat Saad Abdel Latif el-Shatir and others are charged with to military court,” a government statement said.
Shatir, the Muslim Brotherhood’s second deputy leader, has been in custody since Dec. 14 when he was detained by police following a protest by Islamist students at al-Azhar University that infuriated the government.
The protest, in which a group of Brotherhood students appeared wearing militia-style uniforms, prompted state media to say the Brotherhood was forming a militia. The Brotherhood denies those accusations.
“We consider this decree extremely unjust,” deputy Brotherhood leader Muhammad Habib said. “It increases complications and tensions, particularly in these circumstances in which Egypt is … boiling on a general societal level.”
The Brotherhood holds about a fifth of the seats in parliament through members elected as independents.
CRACKDOWN
Political analysts have said authorities capitalised on the Azhar protest to intensify a crackdown on the group. Some also point to comments by President Hosni Mubarak that the group poses a threat to Egypt’s security as an indication the government was preparing for a wider assault.
Ahmad Seif al-Islam Hamad, a constitutional lawyer, told Reuters that under emergency law only President Hosni Mubarak could order a civilian to stand trial before a military tribunal.
More than 270 Brotherhood members have been jailed in the crackdown. The group’s finances have also been targeted, with authorities detaining key financiers including Shatir, freezing assets and raiding businesses.
Last week a Cairo court ordered Shatir and 15 other Islamists released, ruling there were insufficient grounds to keep him in custody while an investigation into money-laundering charges continued.
But that court ruling was never implemented. Prosecutors instead ordered Shatir to be kept in jail under emergency laws that allow police to detain suspects without charge.
The emergency laws, in place since the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in 1981, also allow the government to try civilians before military tribunals.
Rights groups and opposition figures say the government uses such laws to settle political scores and stifle freedom.

Diary of a Working Class

Posted on By 3arabawy

The Winter of Labor Discontent continues…

On Monday 8am, dozens of truck drivers assembled their trucks in front of Ain Sokhna Gate, blocking the road, in protest of the exponential sudden increase in the toll. The drivers transport rocks from the nearby mines, and were shocked to find the toll increased by roughly 400%. Traffic on the highway to Cairo came to complete halt. The police tried to negotiate with the drivers and miners, who insisted on paying the original toll. Around 11am, I was told, the police clashed with the drivers, and used electrically charged batons. The drivers left their trucks blocking the gates and dispersed. I’m still unclear about the details of what happened later, but I was told the dirvers were allowed passage at some point later in the day… and they paid the same old toll. I managed to reach one of the drivers over the phone, but he asked to be contacted on the following day. So may be I’ll update this posting with more details if I manage to reach him.

And fantastic news coming form Zefta. The Delta Textile Company workers’ strike ended today after the management responded to the demands of the workers, who will get paid their 45-day bonus. Mabrouk!

In Kafr el-Dawar, turblances occurred today at two more textile factories (El-Beda and Artificial Silk Companies) , whose total labor force amounts to 9,000 workers. The Artificial Silk Company workers went on strike demanding their 45-day bonus, and the management rushed to meet their demands on the same day, so the strike ended. In El-Beda however the management decided to pay the workers only 21-day bonus. Some of the workers accepted the pay, others refused, went on strike, insisting on the 45-day bonus. There is tension in the factory and the situation might escalate.

As for the Kafr el-Dawar Textile factory, the state management brought in the police “Karate Teams,” which took control of the factory gates. The police thugs are trying to starve the strikers out, by banning their families from bringing food supplies to the strikers. Despite the intimidation, the workers are still steadfast, with 9,000 of them occupying the factory, sleeping in the freezing cold. According to a statement from the Workers’ Coordination committee, “The workers broadcasted an obituary for the chief of management and trade union committee and chanted slogans demanding the 45 days bonus like other companies. Receiving the news of their colleagues in Zefta they celebrated the victory of their colleagues chanting: Strike until death.. Strike until payment.”

I’ve obtained some photos of the Kafr el-Dawar Textile strike, thanks to leftist lawyer Khaled Ali.

The Workers’ Coordination Committee has put together a fantastic round up of the strikes, thanks to Dr. Aida Seif el-Dawla and Khaled Ali…

“Diary of a Working Class”
Coordinating Committee for Workers’ Trade Union Rights and Liberties

Sunday 4 February 2007
4 p.m.
New workers strikes in Kafr El Dawar, Saf and Zefta (1)
Workers at the Cairo company for poultry entered the second day of their strike, where more than 3000 workers refused payment five days ago protesting the management’s refusal to pay them work-related hazards compensation, compensation for the rise in prices and an additional bonus to improve their living conditions. The total wage of the workers ranges between 300 and 400 Egyptian pounds which is not compatible with the current economic conditions. The workers also demanded a compensation for work hazards considering that they run the risk of contracting bird flu. When the company declined responding to their demands, workers at the company’s Agricultural Sector and the fodder factory (both located in El-Saff, Giza) went on strike and refused to cash their payment. State security agents and the labor office are conducting negotiations with the workers, in the absence of any representative of the company. Shareholders in the company are Motaz El Shazli, Khorafi and others. Negotiations are still unsuccessful amidst security concerns that the strike might extend to the Nubareyya company workers.
At another front, textile workers at the Zefta textile company, affiliate of Delta Textile Company, continue their strike, which started with complete halt starting 8 a.m. until 10.30 a.m. followed by an alternating strike, where only some of the machines are operated for a set time. The workers are refusing the 21-day bonus offered by their management, and are demanding equal treatment as their colleagues in Mahalla and Helwan, where the bonus far exceeded that offered to Delta workers. Company security agents tried to enter into the wards and operate the machines, which workers me with a warning to escalate their protest upon any interference on part of the security, which was ordered not to intervene.
On a third front Kafr El Dawar textile workers, striking since the 30th of January, started a hunger strike yesterday at 10 p.m. refusing the 15 days bonus offered to them and demanded its increase to a 45 days bonus, like their colleagues in Mahalla. They also called for impeaching their trade union officials and the “workers’ representatives” at the company’s management board, as well as disbursement of the workers’ share of the company’s land which was sold over the past years. The number of striking workers amounts to 12 thousand workers.

 

4th of February 2007

7 p.m.
Three Shebeen el Kom workers on hunger strike transferred to hospital
The Shebeen el Kom workers strike enters its 7th day. The strike started at 3 p.m. on Tuesday 30th of January 2007. Yesterday 100 of them started a hunger strike, one of whom was transferred to hospital in view of his deteriorating health condition.
The negotiations had reached a deadlock yesterday, when it concluded with an offer to pay the workers their promised bonuses in cheques that could only be cashed when the Indian investor takes control of the factory. The workers refused, insisted to receive their dues before the foreign investor take control of the company and continued their strike and hunger strike. Three more workers were transferred to hospital this afternoon. The workers also collected close to 200 signatures demanding the impeachment of the plant trade union committee.
After signing the contract on the 15th of December 2006, the Indian investor had sent four managers, one of them director of engineering affairs, the second for the maintenance of the company and production, the third for administrative affairs and the fourth to chair this group. Two weeks ago the Indian investor sent 25 engineers and technicians, who were daily in the factory. Since Thursday they did not show up.

Sunday 4th February 2007
9 p.m.
Workers strike in Shebeen el Kom, Zefta, Kafr El-Dawar and El-Saff (2)

El-Saff
Negotiations between the management of the Cairo poultry company and the workers came to a successful conclusion. Attending those negotiations were all workers in addition to a representative of the general trade union of food industries and the company’s trade union committee. The vice chair of the management, representing the company, told the workers they would “study” their demands, and that they did not mind responding to several of them after agreeing with the workers on some details. The workers are to elect four representatives to continue the negotiations with the management at the latter’s HQ in Cairo during the coming days. The company also told them that the beginning of the negotiations are pending on the workers resuming their work and cashing their pay. The workers agreed to resume work, but without accepting to cash their pay until the end of negotiations with the company next Wednesday. They threatened that if their demands are not met, they will resume their strike.

Kafr El Dawwar
Kafr El Dawwar textile workers continue their strike throughout all four shifts. Only the female workers left at night to sleep at their homes, but they will return to the factory early in the morning in case the strike continues. The Beheira Province Governor rushed to Kafr el-Dawar to handle the negotiations. He sent the factory’s security chief, Arafa Abul Ila, to negotiate with them on his behalf at the state security headquarters of Kafr El Dawwar. The workers refused and told him: whoever wants to negotiate with us should come to our factory. Said El Gohary, head of the general textile union arrived in Kafr El Dawwar and talked to the workers, telling them they were exaggerating in their demands, that the company is losing and that they do not deserve bonuses, upon which the workers stopped him and said: Profit and loss is the concern of the management. Our concern is our working hours.

Zefta
The textile workers strike in Zefta continues until now. The first shift left the plant, replaced by the second shift which operates only 12 out of the 500 machines of the company. The Zefta strike is a revolving one.

Shebeen El Kom
Also in Shebeen El Kom the strike continues. Government bodies are trying to reach a solution with the workers. Their concern lies with the deadline set for the Indian investor to take control of the factory which should take place between the 1st and 5th of February, since any delay will involve paying fines.

Monday 5th February 2007
12.00 noon
Workers strike in Shebeen el Kom, Zefta, Kafr El Dawar (3)

Zefta
The strike of Zefta Textile Company was successfully concluded today before the beginning of the third shift, when the company agreed to pay the workers a nonrefundable 45 days bonus. The payment should take place in the next four days. The workers announced that they will resume their strike if the company refuses to pay within those four days.

Shebeen El Kom
The workers strike continues. The workers did not agree to the offer of the cheque payable after the new investor takes control of the company. The coordinating committee for workers and trade union rights and liberties supports the workers demands in receiving their dues before the company is handed over and to avoid the loss of workers rights amidst the legal regulations which permit the new owner not to abide by any earlier agreements. The objective of the company is to transfer to the problem as one between the investor and workers.

Kafr el Dawwar (1)
Workers at the Kafr El Dawwar continue their strike. Throughout the night the chief security director at the company tried to negotiate with the workers to end the strike but they refused. This morning Police Karate Team (in plain clothes) took control of the three factory gates and allowed workers to leave but did not allow anybody in which led to preventing 2000 workers from entering the factors. The police also obstructed the entry of food to the 9000 striking workers which lead to their protest and demonstration inside and outside the factory until they managed to get some food in. The workers broadcasted an obituary for the chief of management and trade union committee and chanted slogans demanding the 45-day bonus like other companies. Receiving the news of their colleagues in Zefta they celebrated the victory of their colleagues chanting: Strike until death.. Strike until payment.

Kafr el Dawwar (2)
On another front 9000 workers at El Beda and Artificial silk companies in Kafr El Dawwar started a strike this morning demanding a 45 days bonus like.
The Coordinating Committee for Workers is following several workers movements in different textile sectors, which carry the possibility for further strikes tomorrow morning.

And I received the following statement from the Land Center for Human Rights…

Workers’ strikes against the selling of state companies
Dear freinds, Join us in Demanding the Egyptian President and Prime Minister to stop the ill-treatment against striking workers, pay them their late dues and guarantee their rights to suitable work and decent living
H.E. Muhammad Hosni Mubarak
President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Abedine Palace, Cairo, EGYPT
Fax: +20 2 390 1998
E-mail: webmaster@presidency.gov.eg

The Council of Ministers
Magles El Sha’b Street – El Qasr El Einy – Cairo
Tel: 202 7958014/35/36
Fax: 202 7356449 – 7958016
E-mail: primemin@idsc.gov.eg

Nile Delta: Strikes! Strikes! Strikes!

Posted on By 3arabawy

The historic victory scored by Ghazl el-Mahalla textile workers last December and their latest move to impeach their corrupt union officials are producing a ripple effect.

I’ve posted before about the start of a strike at Kafr el-Dawar, and thanks to the Workers’ Coordination Committee, here are some updates:

The Kafr el-Dawar strike started when the workers were offered 15-day bonus pay. The workers refused and asked for a 45-day bonus pay, just like what their brethren at Ghazl el-Mahalla got. They also called for impeaching their labor union officials and the “workers’ representatives” at the company’s management board, exactly like what their bretheren at Ghazl el-Mahalla are campaigning for now. The strikers also asked for their share of revenue the company made out of selling land over the past few years.

The number of strikers, according to the Workers’ Coordination Committee has reached 12,000. The workers have occupied the factory. Only the female workers left at night to sleep at their homes, but they will return to the factory in the morning to continue the struggle with their male colleagues.

The Beheira Province Governor, himself a former State Security General, rushed to Kafr el-Dawar to handle the negotiations. He sent the factory’s security chief, Arafa Abul-Ila, to the workers asking them to choose 10 representatives to negotiate with the governor… at the Kafr el-Dawar State Security HQ.
The workers refused.
“Whoever wants to negotiate with us should come here to the factory!” they shouted at him.

And then Monsieur Sa’eed el-Gohary, the head of the General Union of the Textile Workers (remember him? Check this posting if not) showed up! He told the workers they were “pushing the limits with their demands. The company is losing. You do not deserve bonuses,” according to the Workers’ Coordination Committee’s statement. The workers heckled him, and told him to shut the f#$k up. “It is the management that should be asked about profits or losses,” the workers shouted. “As for us, we should only get asked about the working hours.”

Ghazl Shebeen strike

And in Menoufiya, the Ghazl Shebeen el-Kom Textile strike entered its seventh day, since its launching last Tuesday.

One hundred workers on a hunger strike. One was transferred to hospital Saturday night following deterioration of his health, according to the Workers’ Coordination Committee.

The negotiations had reached a deadlock on Saturday, with the govt offering to pay the workers their promised bonuses in cheques that could only be cashed when the Indian investor (who bought the privatized factory and was due to receive it on 1 Feb) takes control of the factory. The workers refused, and insisted on continuing the work stoppage and hunger strikes. Three more workers were transferred to hospital on Sunday.

In a very interesting development, the Ghazl Shebeen el-Kom Textile workers have also started a campaign to impeach their Factory Union Committee officials. Around 2,000 signatures have been gathered up till now, according to the Workers’ Coordination Committee.

The govt is racing against time to reach a settlement with the strikers, as according to the privatization deal struck with the Indian investor roughly three months ago, the factory should be handed over to the investor at anytime between 1 to 5 February. If the strike drags on, the government will be obliged to pay compensations and fines to the investor.

In Zefta, the Delta Textile Company workers brought their factory to a complete halt, from 8am to 10:30am on Sunday. The workers are refusing the 21-day bonus offered by their management, and are demanding 45-day bonus, just like what their colleagues in Ghazl el-Mahalla had won last December. From 10:30am onwards, the workers started a “revolving door” strike, where workers would operate a number of machines for a specific time period. Then bring them to halt, and operate others– aiming at slowing down the production.

At some point the company’s security guards went inside the factory and tried to start the halted machines. The workers threatened a confrontation and if the security intervened in the strike, so the management gave orders to the security to back off.

Overall, only 12 out of the 500 machines were operating today. The strike continues.

In Giza, around 3,000 workers at the Cairo Poultry Company suspended temporarily their strike on Sunday. The workers had refused to receive their pay for five days on the row, and started a strike on Saturday, after their management declined to respond to their demands:
Work-related hazards compensation (the workers had been insisting that the management introduce hazards’ compensation, due to the increased risk of bird flu), and raising their salaries to cope with the exponential increase in the prices of basic commodities. The full monthly salary of a worker at that factory (which is owned by Moataz el-Shazli–the son of the NDP’s infamous parliamentarian Kamal el-Shazli–and el-Kherafi, Kuwait’s Rockefeller) ranges between LE300 to LE400, according to the statement I received from the Workers’ Coordination Committee.

When met with refusal, the workers at the company’s Agricultural Sector and the fodder factory (both located in El-Saff, Giza) went on strike. The company managers did not dare showing up their faces at the beginning, and they left State Security agents to conduct the negotiations, fearing the strike would spread to the company’s branch in Nobariya.

Negotiations between the strike leaders and a member of the management board, who finally showed up Sunday in the company of security, took place in the presence of all the strikers. The management told the workers they would “study” their demands and promised to meet “most of them,” according to the statement I received from the Workers’ Coordination Committee. The workers are to elect four representatives to continue the negotiations with the management at the latter’s HQ in Cairo. (Does this mean the workers don’t have union committee? I honestly don’t know. It’d be interesting to find out whether the workers there are unionized or not. And if they are, why didn’t they resort to their union; is it a yellow union?) The management however insisted it would continue the negotiations only if the workers ended their strike and went to receive their present low salaries. The workers insisted on not receiving their pay, went back to work, but gave the management an ultimatum till Wednesday. If no agreement is reached by then, another strike will be launched.

اللجنة التنسيقية للحقوق والحريات النقابية والعمالية
إضرابات عمالية جديدة
في كفر الدوار و الصف و زفتى

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دخل إضراب عمال شركة القاهرة للدواجن يومه الثاني على التوالي حيث امتنع ما يقرب من 3000 عامل عن صرف رواتبهم منذ خمسة أيام اعتراضا على عدم استجابة الإدارة لمطالبهم بصرف بدلات طبيعة عمل، وغلاء معيشة، واضافى لتحسين ظروفهم المعيشية حيث يتقاضوا رواتب “شاملة” تتراوح بين 300 جنيه إلى 400 جنيه وهو ما لا يتناسب مع الظروف الاقتصادية الراهنة ، كما طالب العمال بتقرير بدل مخاطر نتيجة لاحتمالات تعرضهم لمخاطر الإصابة بأنفلونزا الطيور، وعندما امتنعت إدارة الشركة عن الاستجابة لمطالب العمال امتنعوا عن صرف الرواتب منذ خمسة أيام وأضربوا عن العمل منذ الأمس حيث دخل في الإضراب عمال قطاع المزارع ومصنع العلف بمقرهما بمدينة الصف بالجيزة ، ويقوم الأمن ومكتب العمل بإجراء مفاوضات مع العمال لعودتهم للعمل وتجرى هذه المفاوضات في غياب أي ممثل للشركة والتي يساهم في رأسمالها معتز الشاذلي والخرافي وآخرين ، ومازالت المفاوضات متعثرة حتى الآن وسط تخوفات أمنية بقيام عمال الشركة بالنوبارية بالانضمام إلى الإضراب.
وعلى صعيد آخر مازال نضال عمال الغزل والنسيج مستمرا حيث أعلن عمال مصنع زفتى للغزل- التابع لشركة الدلتا للغزل والنسيج – إضرابهم الشامل عن العمل منذ الساعة الثامنة صباحا حتى الساعة العاشرة والنصف ، ثم قام العمال بعد ذلك بتغيير شكل الإضراب من إضراب شامل إلى إضراب تبادلي حيث يتم تشغيل بعض الماكينات ويمتنع البعض الآخر لمدة زمنية معينة، ثم تتوقف الماكينات التي كانت تعمل وتبدأ التي كانت متوقفة عن العمل وهكذا استمر العمال في هذا الشكل حتى الآن اعتراضا على صرف أرباح تبلغ 21 يوم فقط حيث طالب العمال بمساواتهم بما صرف لعمال المحلة والنصر للصباغة والتجهيز وغزل حلوان والتي تفوق جميعها ما تقرر صرفه للدلتا ،هذا وقد حاول أمن الشركة الدخول للعنابر لتشغيل الماكينات المتوقفة وعندما هدد العمال بتصعيد المواجهة إذا تدخل الأمن أصدر العضو المنتدب قراره للأمن بعدم التدخل.
وعلى صعيد ثالث أعلن عمال شركة كفر الدوار للغزل والنسيج إضرابهم عن العمل منذ الساعة العاشرة مساء أمس احتجاجا على صرف أرباح لهم تعادل خمسة عشر يوما فقط وطالبوا بزيادتها إلى 45 يوما أسوة بالمحلة ، كما طالبوا بسحب الثقة من اللجنة النقابية وممثلي العمال بمجلس إدارة الشركة ، وطالبوا كذلك بصرف نصيب العمال في أراضى الشركة التي تم بيعها خلال الأعوام الماضية وقد بلغ عدد المضربون 12 الف عامل . الأحد 4/2/2007 الساعةالخامسة والنصف عصرا

اللجنة التنسيقية للحقوق والحريات النقابية والعمالية
نقل ثلاثة من عمال شبين المضربون عن الطعام للمستشفى
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دخل إضراب عمال شبين الكوم يومه السابع على التوالي حيث أضربوا عن العمل في تمام الساعة الثالثة يوم الثلاثاء الموافق 30/1/2007 وبالأمس أضرب عن الطعام مائة عامل من عمال المصنع نقل منهم بالأمس أحد العاملين إلى المستشفى بسبب تدهور حالته الصحية، وكانت مفاوضات الأمس قد انتهت إلى تحرير شيك مؤجل الدفع بحقوق العمال لن يتسلموه إلا عند استلام المستثمر الهندي للمصنع ، وهو ما رفضه العمال وصمموا على استلام مستحقاتهم قبل استلام المستثمر للمصنع واستمروا في الإضراب عن العمل والإضراب عن الطعام ، والذي أدى إلى تدهور الحالة الصحية لثلاثة من المضربين نقلوا على أثرها إلى المستشفى عصر اليوم.

كما قام العمال بجمع ما يقرب من ألفى توقيع لسحب الثقة من اللجنة النقابية .

وعلى صعيد آخر كان المستثمر الهندي قد أرسل أربع مديرين بعد توقيعه العقد في 15/12/2006 أحدهم مدير للشئون الهندسية ، والآخر لصيانة المصانع والإنتاج، والثالث للشئون الإدارية، والرابع لرئاسة هذه المجموعة ، ومنذ أسبوعين أرسل المستثمر الهندي 25 مهندس وفني وكانوا دائمي الحضور يوميا للمصنع ومن يوم الخميس الماضي وهم متوقفون عن الحضور.
الأحد 4/2/2007
الساعة السابعة مساءا

اللجنة التنسيقية للحقوق والحريات النقابية والعمالية
البيان 2
إضرابات العمال في شبين الكوم
وزفتى، وكفر الدوار، والصف
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الصف :
نجحت إدارة شركة القاهرة للدواجن في مفاوضاتها مع العمال حيث حضر هذه المفاوضات جميع العمال بلاضافة لممثل النقابة العامة للصناعات الغذائية واللجنة النقابية للعاملين بالشركة، وعرض العضو المنتدب ونائب رئيس مجلس إدارة الشركة – والذي كان يمثل الشركة في المفاوضات- أن الشركة تدرس مطالب العمال وأنها ليس لديها مانع في الاستجابة للعديد منها ولكن بعد الاتفاق مع العمال على بعض التفاصيل وهو ما يستدعى اختيار العمال لأربع ممثلين عنهم على أن تجتمع إدارة الشركة معهم بالقاهرة خلال الأيام القادمة وعلقت الشركة بداية التفاوض على عودة العمال للعمل واستلام الراتب ، وانتهى العمال إلى العودة للعمل دون استلام الراتب لحين انتهاء المفاوضات مع الشركة حتى يوم الأربعاء القادم والذي هدد فيه العمال بالعودة للإضراب إن لم تتم الاستجابة لمطالبهم .

كفر الدوار :
مازال عمال شركة كفر الدوار للغزل والنسيج مضربون عن العمل بجميع الواردى الأربعة ولم يغادر المصنع إلا العاملات فقط وسوف يعودن للإضراب من الصباح الباكر ف حالة استمراره، هذا وقد انتقل محافظ البحيرة إلى مدينة كفر الدوار للتفاوض مع العمال حيث ذهب عرفة أبو العلا مدير أمن المصنع إلى العمال وأبلغهم أن المحافظ يطلب منهم اختيار عشرة عمال ليتحدثوا معه نيابة عنهم وذلك بمقر جهاز أمن الدولة بكفر الدوار وهو العرض الذي رفضه العمال وذكروا لمدير الأمن “الى عايز يتفاوض معانا يجلنا المصنع” ،وعلى صعيد آخر حضر إلى كفر الدوار سعيد الجوهري رئيس النقابة العامة للعاملين بالغزل والنسيج وتوجهه إلى العمال وذكر لهم أنهم” متعسفون في مطالبهم وان الشركة خسرانه ولا يستحقوا صرف الأرباح ” وهو ما دفع العمال لنهره وإيقافه عن الكلام وقالوا له “الإدارة تسأل عن المكسب والخسارة أما نحن فنسأل عن ساعات العمل” .

زفتى :
مازال إضراب عمال مصنع النسيج بزفتى مستمرا حتى الآن حيث خرجت الوردية الأولى ودخلت مكانها الوردية الثانية والتي زادت من عدد الماكينات المتوقفة حيث يعمل 12 نول من اجمالى الأنوال بالمصنع والبالغ عددها 500 نول ، ومن الجدير بالذكر أن إضراب زفتى ليس إضرابا شاملا ولكنه إضراب تبادلي.

شبين الكوم :
مازال إضراب شبين مستمرا حتى الآن وتحاول الجهات الحكومية الوصول إلى حلول مع العمال خوفا من انتهاء آخر موعد لاستلام المستثمر الهندي للمصنع فوفقا للعقد المبرم معه يكون الاستلام في المدة من 1 حتى 5 فبراير وفى حالة التأخر سوف تكون هناك غرامات تأخير.

الأحد الموافق4/2/2007
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