Posts Tagged: flax
Egyptian workers honor Freedom Flotilla martyrs
[Qik video unavailable] The current strike wave is not just about economic demands, but politics is also involved. The strike wave is also reshaping the consciousness of sections of the Egyptian working class. You find a civil servant who was not involved politically, but suddenly joins a strike action over work conditions, and exhibits previously
Read on »Tanta Flax Workers
Hisham el-Okal and Gamal Osman, Tanta Flax and Oils Company workers, attending the 2 May protest.
Read on »مصر.. يوم العمال
A sad May Day for the Tanta Flax and Oils Company workers.
Read on »Common denominator: Protesters share lost faith in govt
Philip Rizk reports on the protests besieging the parliament.
Read on »عمال طنطا للكتان تحت حصار الأمن
Tanta Flax and Oils Company workers under police siege in downtown Cairo…
Read on »Why I am protesting نقابي من طنطا للكتان
Hisham el-Okal, of the Tanta Flax and Oils Company, talking to Philip Rizk.
Read on »Tanta Flax trade unionist
Hisham el-Okal, a Tanta Flax and Oils Company trade unionist, attending the downtown Cairo protest, and calls for the return of the privatized company to the public sector.
Read on »Tanta Flax workers suspend Cairo protest
The Tanta Flax and Oils Company workers have suspended their sit-in.
Read on »Police clash with Tanta strikers
The Tanta Flax and Oils Company strikers clashed on Sunday with the Central Security Forces in the Nile Delta province, injuring the deputy head of the Gharbeia Security Directorate.
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