Hossam el-Hamalawy
The Mansoura-España Garments Company workers will not be taking part in today’s demonstration in front of the United Bank, after the Labor Ministry invited a delegation of the factory workers for negotiations in the parliament. The rest of the workers will continue the factory occupation.
While the trip by the Cairo Kefaya activists has been cancelled, Kefaya activists in Mansoura will still go ahead with the planned demo in front of the bank’s branch in Mansoura by noon.
The United Bank continues its crackdown on the Mansoura-España Garments Company workers.
The management sacked today trade unionist Mohsen el-Shae’r, and five women workers: Soua’d Mamdouh, Soua’d Salama, Sabreen Sabri, Hoda Said, and Nermin Abbas, accusing them of agitating for a strike.
The workers’ names were reported to the Talkha Police Station, together with 15 other names of workers the company is accusing of instigating the current industrial action.
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