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Govt crackdown on Helwan labor activists

Posted on By 3arabawy

Mubarak’s crackdown on leftists continues:

Following the closure of the Center for Trade Union and Workers’ Services offices in Naga’a Hammadi and Mahalla, the Ministry of Social Affairs has decreed today the closure of the labor rights NGO’s main office in Helwan.

Download the Arabic statement I received here.

UPDATE: Here’s an English translation of the statement (Thanks Aida)

URGENT
MINISTRY DECIDES TO CLOSE DOWN CENTER FOR TRADE UINION WORKERS CENTER (CTUWS) IN HELWAN
A decree to close down the main headquarters of the CTUWS in Helwan was issued today, Sunday, 22 April 2007. The decree was referred to the ministry’s administration in Helwan, and from there to the Local Council authorities for execution.
It’s noteworthy that two branches of the CTUWS, in Naga’a Hamadi and in Mahalla el-Kobra, were closed down earlier this month.
Address of CTUWS
3 A Muhammad Sid Ahmad Street, Petrogas apartment buildings, Alexandria building, First floor, Helwan
Tel: 5593932 – 5593929

UPDATE: Activists will assemble tomorrow Monday 12 noon in front of the CTUWS (close to Helwan Underground Metro station), to try blocking its closure.

MB denounce govt attack on CTUWS

Posted on By 3arabawy

In a good show of solidarity with leftists, the deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Dr. Muhammad Habib, denounced the government closure of the Center for Trade Union and Workers’ Services branches in Naga’a Hammadi and Mahalla.

Labor Updates

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There were 10 sit-ins, seven strikes and three demonstrations by Egyptian workers during March 2007, a report by Awlad el-Ard NGO says.

Meanwhile, 600 teachers and members of staff staged a sit-in yesterday in the Nile Delta town of Zagazig, to protest the abusive treatment by their bosses at the Muslim Youth schools.

In Cairo, 200 workers at Al-Arabiya brick-making factory are continuing their sit-in for the fourth day, to protest the liquidation of the company. Some workers have started a hunger strike; three were transferred to the hospital yesterday: Hanafi el-Sayyed, Mohamed Bashir, Zakaria Ahmad Khalil. The Ministry of Labor is busy organizing the May Day presidential ass-kissing carnival, and refuses to intervene.

In Dakahlya, 280 workers at Mansoura-España garments factory are threatening to stage a sit-in on 28 April–which will be the third industrial action they take in two months–to protest the delay in paying their salaries, and bonuses promised by the Ministry of Labor.