My new article in Al-Masry Al-Youm English Edition, on textile strikers’ move to self manage their factory.
Tag: workers
Crackdown on Alexandrian textile workers
Via the Center for Socialist Studies: State Security and management have launched a crackdown on the Misr Al-Amriya textile workers in Alexandria, following the circulation of a statement threatening to strike over demands related to work conditions. Two workers were suspended from work pending investigation, two others were penalized financially, and two were transferred out of their departments. A number of workers were also summoned to State Security police offices.
Industrial action in Suez
The Suez-based Egyptian Fertilizers Company workers, who struck before against normalization with Israel, have started a sit-in over incentives.