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Tax Collectors Updates: 30,000 join free union

Posted on 13/02/200929/12/2020 By 3arabawy

30.000 real estate tax collectors have signed the founding statement of the Free Union, El-Badeel reports. More than 300 collective resignation letters have been sent to the state-backed union. Representatives of the union also extended their support to the workers in Mahalla, firmly rejecting accusations of the state-controlled union that attempts to establish a free union there is illegal and funded by organizations with a “foreign agenda”. Leading unionist Kamal abu Eita says that such accusations can only come from “someone who doesn’t know anything about the international agreements that Egypt signed”, adding that it is in fact the state-controlled union that is operating outside the law.

Continuous updates on the fight for free unions in Egypt could be found here.

Teachers to establish free union?

Posted on 11/02/200909/01/2021 By 3arabawy

The tax collectors‘ domino effect keeps on rolling.

Now, the teachers’ associations are mobilizing to establish an independent general union, parallel to the corrupt state-controlled syndicate.

South African dockers refuse to offload Israeli ship

Posted on 03/02/200903/01/2021 By 3arabawy

Fantastic solidarity from South Africa’s workers:

In a historic development for South Africa, South African dock workers have announced their determination not to offload a ship from Israel that is scheduled to dock in Durban on Sunday, 8 February 2009. This follows the decision by Cosatu to strengthen the campaign in South Africa for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Apartheid Israel.
The pledge by Satawu (South African Transport and Allied Workers Union) members in Durban reflects the commitment by South African workers to refuse to support oppression and exploitation across the globe. Last year, Durban dock workers refused to offload a shipment of arms that had arrived from China and was destined for Zimbabwe. Now, says Satawu’s General Secretary Randall Howard, the union’s members are committing themselves not to handle Israeli goods.