Check out this update from Mahalla, by Kareem el-Beheiri, as tension is building up between the Sept 2007 Strike leaders and the govt-backed Factory Union Committee.
And here’s a report with photos, by Haitham Gabr, on labor protests in front of the parliament, in Downtown Cairo.
From the Daily News Egypt:
The Lawyers’ Syndicate’s freedoms committee announced yesterday that it was launching legal action in the case of a man who died while queuing for state-subsidized bread, as part of its efforts in combating corruption.
The committee organized a protest Wednesday against corruption and political detention outside the Syndicate’s headquarters in Cairo. Holding up placards reading “No to the political detention of lawyers” and “No to a government of businessmen,” protesters chanted “The people want freedom” and “No to corruption, no to political detention” during the two-hour protest.
