The Nile Cotton Ginning workers struck today in the company’s branches in Nile Delta towns of Mahalla, Zefta, Kafr el-Zayat, while their Upper Egyptian colleagues in Minya took to the streets and clashed with the police troops, after the management failed to meet its promises of paying the workers their late social bonuses.
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Mahalla updates
The Textile Workers’ League have distributed the following statement in Ghazl el-Mahalla factories, as tensions rise in the company over the workers’ annual share of profits.
Police clash with Mahalla textile strikers
There are reportedly ongoing clashes between the police and striking textile workers at Abul Sebae Company. More details later.
UPDATE: A report by Tadamon.