From Al-Jazeera:
Police fired stun grenades at striking workers, injuring at least one person, as South African civil servants launched a national strike demanding a pay rise from the government.
The powerful Cosatu labor federation, which had called on 700,000 public workers to strike on Friday, said the early turnout was a success.
I received a statement from Mahalla workers, signed by “Workers For Change Committee,” (a previously unkown group) slamming the Ghazl el-Mahalla management, demanding the impeachment of the board of directors, as well as the corrupt Factory Union Committee officials, and threatening a strike by the end of July.
The witch-hunt against textile labor activists in Ghazl el-Mahalla continues.
The latest victim is Kareem el-Beheiri, who was transferred two days ago from his job at the secretariat department to the spinning sector.
