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Railway workers protest, block trains

Posted on 24/12/200626/12/2020 By 3arabawy

Seven hundred workers from the railways technical workshops demonstrated yesterday, blocking the Torbini 917 train, at Abu Wafia region, on its way to Alexandria. The workers demanded the presence of Transportation Minister Muhammad Mansour to listen personally to their complaints about work conditions.

The minister did not show up, but moved quickly to contain the workers’ anger by ordering the payment of 25% salary bonus as promised earlier.

Tora cement: Labor strike continues, hunger strikers taken to hospital

Posted on 24/12/200611/02/2021 By 3arabawy

The Tora Cement workers strike enters its fifth day, as negotiations continue with union leaders on their hospital beds. Muhammad Abdel Monsef, the union leader at the factory, together with his deputy Muhammad Ramzi, and two other union officials, Shaaban Ezzat Abdel Qader and Karam el-Sayyed Allam–all have been on a hunger strike since 1,000 workers laid down their tools and stopped production at the Tora Cement factory, demanding their 4.75 months bonus from their Italian management. The recent offer from the management to pay 3.5 months was turned down by union leader Abdel Monsef as he was transferred to Salam Hospital. Abdel Monsef denied, in an interview to Al-Masry Al-Youm, the false statements by the Italian management which claimed workers receive monthly salaries of LE4,500 on average. Abdel Monsef said his fellow workers were receiving between LE1,000 and LE1,500 a month.

Photo of Muhammad Abdel Monsef, Tora Cement union leader who was transferred to hospital, following his hunger strike. Picture taken by Amr Abdallah

Labor strikes in Armant, Helwan, Mahalla

Posted on 22/12/200626/12/2020 By 3arabawy

The great victory achieved by the Mahalla Textile workers has opened the appetite of Egypt’s workers for more strikes. It’s the domino effect at its best.

For the second day on the row, more than 1000 Tora Cement workers are continuing their strike, after their Italian management that holds the majority shares refused to pay them the six month-bonus the workers are entitled to. The workers have closed down the factory gates, put barricades on every single exit or entry to the factory compound, threatened to set any cement trucks coming in or out on fire. The workers also have closed down the Factory Engineers’ residential flats by chaining their gates.

At the same time, the Helwan Cement workers have decided to end their strike, following threats of detention and torture from State Security agents yesterday.

Meanwhile, autoworkers at el-Nasr Company have ended their strike and factory occupation the day before yesterday, after the management promised to pay them part of their delayed bonuses in the beginning of January.

Also, more than 100 workers from the Nile Shipyard of the Suez Canal company, located in southern city of Armant, are on strike, to protest the delay in giving them their “job titles” part of the labor law regulations needed in establishing the workers’ rights in disputes with the management. At least nine workers have gone on a hunger strike, and were transferred to the Armant Central Hospital.

Here’s a statement with more details, I received from the Workers’ Coordination Committee:

اضراب عن الطعام بحلوان
واضراب عن الطعام والعمل بهيئة قناة السويس
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لليوم السادس على التوالى يضرب عمال شركة القناة للترسانة النيلية عن العمل احتجاجا على عدم تحديد درجات وظيفية لهم من ناحية ،ولعدم اعتماد لائحة العاملين بالشركة من مكتب العمل من ناحية ثانية .
وشركة القناة للترسانة النيلية هى احدى شركات هيئة قناة السويس وتم تأسيسها عام 2003 ، وللشركة مكتب ادارى بالاسماعيلية وبه 14 موظف، أما موقع العمل فيقع بالمحاميد بحرى بمدينة أرمنت بمحافظة قنا وبه 116 عامل وفنى ،وتعمل فى اصلاح السفن النيلية السياحية
وتعود أسباب الاضراب الى مطالبة العمال بتحديد درجات وظيفية لهم مما دفع الشركة لإصدار قرار فى 23/5/2005 اوضحت فيه انها ستقوم بتحديد درجات العمال فى يناير 2006 ، الا أن الشركة امتنعت عن ذلك حتى الان ،كما أنها امتنعت عن اعتماد لائحة العمل بالقوى العاملة رغم موافقة مجلس الادارة عليها، وهو ما يهدد حقوق العمال فى مواجهة الشركة ،الامر الذى دفع العمال بموقع العمل بأرمنت للاضراب عن العمل منذ 18/12/2006 ،ولما تجاهلت الشركة مطالب العمال دخل كلا من أحمد كمال محمد ،راضى عجايبى فاخورى ،محمود أحمد ابراهيم ،أحمد عبد العزيز أحمد ،عبد الجواد عبد العظيم، قناوى محمد أبو المجد ،العزب سيد أحمد ،مصطفى بكرى جاد الرب ،محمد النوبى محمد فى اضراب عن الطعام منذ 21/12/2006 وهم الآن بمستشفى أرمنت المركزى.
وقد قامت الشركة بتهديد العمال من أجل فض الاضراب، وتم استدعاء خمسة من العمال وتهديدهم بالفصل.
ومن ناحية ثانية نجحت ضغوط الجهات الامنية فى فض اضراب اسمنت حلوان ،إلا أن عمال أسمنت طرة مازلوا مضربين عن العمل ودخل أعضاء اللجنة النقابية فى اضراب عن الطعام احتجاجا على المفاوضات وعلى ما يتعرضوا له من ضغوط.
واللجنة التنسيقية تؤكد على حق العمال فى الاضراب للمطالبة بحقوقهم ، وتساند عمال اسمنت طره والترسانة النيلية فى جميع مطالبهم ، وتندد بالضغوط التى يتعرض لها العمال ،وتناشد كل القوى الوطنية لمساندتهم ودعمهم .
اللجنة التنسيقية للحقوق والحريات النقابية والعمالية
22/12/2006

UPDATE: Here are photos of the Tora Cement factory strikers, by Amr Abdallah:

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