An excerpt from their statement:
We do not think that it is fair to be constantly charged with exorbitant fees to attend a university that is such a mess and such a joke.
Tag: protests
Management thugs sexually assault Ghazl el-Mahalla women workers
Acting at the behest of the state-owned Ghazl el-Mahalla company, thugs sexually assaulted two women workers in the factory who were part of Thursday’s demonstration.
Ghazl el-Mahalla workers protest privatization and corruption
In response to a call by the Textile Workers’ League, Ghazl el-Mahalla workers demonstrated yesterday against corruption and privatization, calling for prosecuting their managers who’ve caused LE147 million losses to the company. The workers also repeated some the April 6th demands of a LE1200 national minimum wage, and denounced the increase in food prices.
It was very difficult for me to find out the exact size of the demonstration. Two journalists I spoke with put the number in the hundreds. Three activist sources inside the company and two labor journalists gave me different estimates that ranged from 4,000 to 10,000.
Some notes about yesterday’s demo:
- The protest was spearheaded, yet again, by the female garment workers.
- No matter how big or small the protest was, it marks a huge step forward in breaking the barrier of fear in the factory, following the April police crackdown. As I posted before, political propaganda and agitation on the factory floor have been resumed following the severe setbacks due to the crushing of the April Intifada.