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Mahalla Updates
A new statement was distributed today in Ghazl el-Mahalla factories demanding 228-day annual bonus and grants to help with facing the rising costs of their kids schooling as well as the expenses related to Ramadan and Eid.
Nile Cotton Ginning Co. workers win concessions
One day after their protest was suppressed by the police in front of the parliament, the Nile Cotton Ginning Co. workers have won some concession in an agreement reached with the management, under heavy intervention from State Security police, Labor Ministry officials and parliamentarians trying to contain the one month old strike that has brought to halt the company’s branches in all provinces.
I spoke to one of the company workers in the Mahalla branch. He warned that the management is determined to liquidate the Minya factories and drive its labor force out by early buyouts.