As expected, the government-controlled General Federation of Trade Unions is trying to force the public sector workers to vote in the referendum and not follow the opposition’s call for boycott.
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Egyptian textile workers confront the new economic order
I co-authored an article with Joel Beinin for MERIP on the recent wave of labor strikes in the textile sector, and the prospects of political change in Egypt.
5000 textile workers on strike in Alexandria
From Ikhwan Web:
Five thousand workers of the Alexandria-based United Arab and Polvara Spinning and Weaving Co. staged a labor strike, starting from last Saturday, protesting at not increasing shares, discriminating between workers and executives, not paying profits, canceling incentives for working on Fridays and sick leaves and not excluding advisors and those on pension.
The strike included workers of the first, second, fourth and fifth shifts, to be joined later by the third shift workers who broke the company gate and joined their colleagues in the strike.