Hundreds of real estate tax collectors demonstrated against the state-backed Egyptian Trade Union Federation, in front of the State Council in Giza, then marched all the way to the Real Estate Tax Collection Authority HQ in downtown Cairo in a real show of strength for the free union.
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Imposing unions from above to counter those built from below
Via Per:
Shorouk reports: Hussein Megawer, head of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, has announced that a new general union – the 24th in Egypt – is being established for employees of tax and customs authorities who previously belonged to the union for bank and insurance employees. The new imposed-from-above-union will supposedly represent the employees of the real estate tax collectors, who founded their own independent union in December 2008. This decision comes as the leader of the free union had been summoned for interrogation by the North Giza prosecutor today after being accused by Megawer of the ETUF of “spreading information that has damaged the reputation of Egypt.“