Tag: unions

Egypt’s labor movement under attack

Posted on By 3arabawy

In the first three weeks of June, at least 22 workers and farmers have been interrogated by the military prosecutor and/or referred to military courts, according to the Awlad el-Ard NGO.

Public Transport Workers on Strike إضراب عمال النقل العام

On Saturday, 10 am, activists will be holding a protest in front of the State Council, in Dokki, in solidarity with Ali Fetouh, the president of the independent union of public transport workers, who is undergoing trial over charges of “inciting strikes.” Fetouh has also received international support from trade unionists in the UK.

The continued crackdown on the labor movement is taking place while the International Labor Organization is awarding our military junta by taking Egypt off its black list. For the ILO, it seems, military tribunals and anti-strike laws mean nothing other than the Egyptian workers are now free.

Badri and his fake ‘union’ are back

Posted on By 3arabawy

[Video removed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb1UlZCeHGI]

Remember Adel el-Badri of the so called Free Union of Egypt’s Workers? He came back to life on Friday, mobilizing hand in hand with the state-backed unions and the mentally deranged singer Ahmad Spider, a counter-protest to Tahrir, in support of the military junta. Goes to show what sort of corrupt politics Badri and co have. The problem however is that Badri is taken seriously by the media, getting interviewed on Satellite TV stations and in newspapers. Those lazy journalists are happy to get anyone to speak in the name of the workers, though if they had done their homework they would have found out easily that Badri has NO support on the ground whatsoever, and that his fake union doesn’t exist except in the cyberspace.