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Police kidnap labor activist

Police kidnapped Muhammad Hassan, an activist with Workers For Change, an hour ago in front of the General Federation of Trade Unions HQ in Cairo. Hassan was distributing leaflets denouncing the security intervention in the labor unions electoral process, and warning of serious vote rigging to come. Security personnel nabbed him, and took him to …

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Resisting vote-rigging

Blog / By 3arabawy

Workers For Change are holding a meeting at the Center for Socialist Studies, tomorrow Friday 6pm, on how to resist vote rigging in the coming Labor Unions elections. The Center is located 7 Murad Street, Giza.

52 Ain Shams University workers on strike

Blog / By 3arabawy

Fifty two civil servants and workers are currently on a sit-in at the Ain Shams University Campus, after the administration’s decision to cut down their basic monthly salary from LE220 (US$38) to LE134 (US$23.3), according to Kefaya’s website. The workers tried without success to meet the university’s dean, so they went on strike, and are …

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10th of Ramadan workers on strike

Blog / By 3arabawy

A statement from the Center for Socialist Studies regarding the 10th of Ramadan “Utech” Factory, whose workers have been on a continuous strike and a sit in since 20 August, to protest the management’s decision to stop paying their salaries since last July.