Hossam el-Hamalawy
Solidarity needed with the Helwan Engineering Industries factory, who are facing military tribunal for protesting lax industrial safety measures that led to the death of one of their comrades.
A protest is planned this Wednesday 12 noon, in front of the Public Prosecutor’s office in downtown Cairo.
Around 2000 workers in Helwan’s Military Factory No. 99 have held protests and assaulted the factory manager, General Muhammad Amin, following the death of one of their colleagues in an industrial accident.
The Minister of Military Production, Sayed Mesha’al rushed to the factory, and tried to calm down the workers by assuring them compensation will be paid to the worker’s family.
Strikes and protests are banned by law in military factories.