Industrial action updates

Posted on By 3arabawy

Abul Makarem textile workers ended their sit-in two days ago after they achieved victory.

200 workers at the Arabiya brick-making factory are continuing their sit-in for the sixth day on the row, protesting the liquidation of the company.

150 workers at the yeast-making factory in Salam City have been on a sit-in for three days now demanding their annual bonuses.

A group of workers at the Egyptian Atomic Energy Agency assembled in front of the Presidential Palace in Abdeen, demanding to be instated with job contracts.

More details in Arabic here.

Mahalla labor leaders banned from entering company compound

Posted on By 3arabawy

I was just on the phone with Ghazl el-Mahalla labor leader Muhammad el-Attar, who told me that security presence was stepped up around the company compound.

He also said he was banned from entering the compound at 7:30am today. “Officer Khaled el-Messiry told me, ‘you specially are not allowed in,'” Attar said. “He said I’ll only be allowed into the factory at the time of my work shift, which starts tonight at 11pm till 7am.”

Attar added that a similar ban is expected to be enforced against other labor activists known to the security services. “They don’t want us to get into the company and speak with other colleagues,” he said. “They are scared we may organize a protest action.”