Activists have called for a sit-in, protesting the government crack down on the Center for Trade Union and Workers’ Services offices in Helwan, Mahalla and Naga’a Hammadi, tomorrow Thursday 1pm, in front of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Ramses St.
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Garbage collectors on strike
Around 2050 garbage collectors went on strike yesterday in Shobra el-Kheima.
Crackdown on labor activists in Mahalla
Mubarak’s crackdown on the left continues. Ministry of Social Affairs officials, in the company of State Security agents, shut down the Center of Trade Union and Workers’ Services branch in Mahalla, on Wednesday 8pm, sealing its door with red wax.
Activists will assemble Sunday 15 April, at 1pm, in front of the Ministry of Social Affairs HQ in Cairo’s el-Qasr el-Eini, for a two-hour sit-in, to protest the closure.