railway archives — 3arabawy

Ferrovieri, maestri, imam alla leva: in Egitto l’impiego pubblico è militare

3arabawy — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 18:45:51 +0000

il manifesto

11-August-Hossam-il-manifesto

Railway workers unionize

3arabawy — Fri, 13 May 2011 22:40:53 +0000

Philip Rizk covers the establishment of the independent union of railway workers in Upper Egypt.

قطار الفقراء

3arabawy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:35:46 +0000

Deadly crash in Ayyat

3arabawy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:56:47 +0000

After more than 300 citizens were burnt alive in the Ayyat train accident in 2002, tonight, another disaster took place, leaving at least 20 dead.

El-Wahat railway workers

3arabawy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:56:18 +0000

The Egyptian Workers and Trade Unions Watch issued a report on the terrible working conditions of the railway workers in El-Wahat:

More resources on the Egyptian railway workers in Arabic could be found here.

Railway workers strikes 1906-1986

3arabawy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:48:15 +0000

A historical booklet, written by leftist activists Elhami El-Merghani, Ahmad Sharaf Eddin, and Saber Barakat on the struggle of the railway workers from 1906 to 1986:

Egyptian-Train-Workers-in-80-Years

Railway workers strike aborted

3arabawy — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:23:23 +0000

State security police, with the help of the govt-backed unions, cracked down on the railway workers, aborting their planned strike today.

Trains Signal Operators are on STRIKE!

3arabawy — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:38:07 +0000

Signal operators are on a national strike, bringing trains to a complete halt in Cairo, Alexandria, and all the major stations in the Nile Deta and Upper Egypt, since 12 noon. The Signal Operators in Cairo’s Misr Station are slamming their state-backed union officials.

UPDATE: Per Bjorklund reports on the strike.

Train drivers on STRIKE!

3arabawy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:34:59 +0000

Train drivers are now on STRIKE in Misr Station (Cairo’s Central Train Station in Ramses Sq), demanding their bonuses.
All trains to Upper and Lower Egypt have been blocked by the drivers since 5pm. The head of the Railway Drivers Association is now negotiating with the management.
UPDATE: From Sarah Carr: Drivers have refused latest offer of part payment in July. The police have now involved themselves in convincing drivers to accept offer.
UPDATE: From Per: Police confiscate cameras of three journalists
UPDATE: It’s 9:07pm. I’ve just spoken with Per who says the state-backed union officials were trying to convince the drivers to suspend the strike, but the drivers refused. Still no trains are moving in or out of the station.
UPDATE: It’s 9:11pm. I spoke with one of the drivers. He’s cursing the state union officials, and saying the strike continues.
UPDATE: 9:40pm. From Sarah: Trains running again but negotiations continuing.
UPDATE: It’s 10pm. End of negotiations. Drivers will meet again with management in ten days time.
UPDATE: ~~Per posted a report on his blog~~, and Sayyed uploaded some pix of the strike to Flickr.

UPDATE: Resources on the struggle of the railway workers here.

Norwegian train drivers strike for Gaza

3arabawy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:12:57 +0000

This is FANTASTIC:

On Thursday 8 January all trains in the whole of Norway, and all trams and subways in Oslo, stood still for two minutes in protest against the Israeli invasion. The union issued the following information for passengers:
“Because of the situation in the Gaza Strip, the Locomotive Drivers Union in Norway has decided to demonstrate our solidarity with the Palestinian people. This will be organized by adding two more minutes of stoppage at the station. The same action applies to all passenger trains in Norway simultaneously. We demand the immediate withdrawal of all Israeli troops from the Palestinian territory. Thank you for your understanding”.

Can we get strike action in the Greek ports to stop this?