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Egypt: Tax workers’ sit-in attacked
(Click on ‘CC’ for English subtitles) The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions reported today that striking workers from the General Tax Authority were attacked during their sit-in and...
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مصر: رسالة من نائبة رئيس النقابة العامة للعاملين بالخدمات العامة إلى زملاءها...
Sue Bond, Vice President of PCS union in the UK sends a message to colleagues in the independent civil service unions in Egypt, responding to greetings from Nahla Mohammed Abd-al-Azim and Nagat Ragab...
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Egypt: MENA Solidarity delegation 3-8 June
MENA Solidarity delegation meeting colleagues from the Egyptian Independent Teachers Union (top) and Egyptian Teachers’ Federation (bottom) Activists from MENA Solidarity Network visited Cairo and...
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Egypt: Airport workers’ battle against the generals’ candidate
Na’amat Gaber, one on the founders of the Independent Union of Workers in the Maintenance and Technical Works Co. at Cairo Airport talks about why she is a trade unionist, and what the revolution...
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Egypt: New campaign for trade union freedoms launched
From www.efitu.com At 6pm on Sunday 2 September, the organising committee for the campaign “Trade Union freedoms are our way to social justice”, which was launched at a well-attended meeting on 29...
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Egypt: MENA Solidarity delegation meets leaders of independent unions in Cairo
Kamal Abu Aita, president of EFITU A delegation of activists from UK and Irish trade unions visited Cairo 29 Oct-4 Nov with MENA Solidarity network. Ian Bradley an electrician and UNITE union activist;...
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Egypt: “Trade union rights are our way to social justice”– new leaflet
To download this article as a leaflet click here Workers from Alexandria Containers Company and trade unionists protest over the jail sentences handed down to 5 of their colleagues for leading a...
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مصر: النقابات المستقلة –لماذا نرفض الإعلان الدستوري
نقلاً عن الإتحاد المصري للنقابات المستقلة لماذا نرفض الإعلان الدستوري أخي العامل …أختي العاملة عندما سمعنا الإعلان الدستوري الذي خرج علينا به رئيس الجمهورية محمد مرسي بتاريخ 21 نوفمبر سأل كل منا نفسه...
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Egypt: Independent union federation rejects president’s power grab
The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU) issued a statement on Sunday, rejecting the Consitutional Declaration announced by President Mohamed Morsi and calling on workers to mobilise...
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Egypt: ‘New constitution favours the powerful’ say union activists
Egyptians will begin voting in a controversial referendum on the draft of a new constitution on 15 December. Voting will take place in two rounds, with around half the country voting on 15 December...
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Egypt: “Social justice needs a workers’ revolution”
Workers’ leaders headed a march of thousands from Shubra in northern Cairo towards Tahrir Square as part of protests marking the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution on 25 January. The...
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Egypt: “We want to work … we want decent wages … we want free unions”
Translation of joint statement calling for protests to mark May Day 2013 (picture of May Day protest 2012 by Gigi Ibrahim via Flickr) Workers have been coming out every day for years to demand their...
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Egypt: ‘Workers are stronger than the attacks of the regime’
Hind Abdel Gawad, a trade unionist and revolutionary activist from Zagazig in Sharqiyya province, Egypt, talks about the challenges facing the workers’ movement in Egypt in a video message for...
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Turkey: Egyptian independent unions’ message in solidarity with protests...
Cairo: 5th June 2013 Solidarity Declaration from the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions to the workers of Turkey...
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Egypt: Bread distribution workers speak out
MENA Solidarity spoke to Abeer Ashour, President of the Union of Bread Sellers and Producers in Suez during a recent visit to Egypt. Abeer sells the flat, round loaves which form a crucial part of the...
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Egypt: joint statement –‘together we will bring down the regime’
Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions, the Permanent Congress of Workers in Alexandria, the Revolutionary Socialists, Rebel Movement, the Egyptian Centre for Social and Economic Rights...
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Egypt: Korean unions’ message to Egyptian workers “our struggle is your...
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions 14th Fl. Kyunghyang-shinmunsa Bldg., 22 Jeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-702, Korea Tel.: +82-2-2670-9118 Fax: +82-2-2635-1134 E-mail: inter@kctu.org July 1, 2013 Re:...
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Egypt: Army’s call to crush terrorism divides revolutionaries
Egyptian Army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s call for massive protests against terrorism on 26 July has won wide support with many independent unions endorsing the demonstrations. The April 6 Youth...
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Egypt: “Do not let the army fool you”– independent union leader speaks out
Statement from Fatma Ramadan, member of the Executive Committee of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions – original Arabic here Thanks to Sara Ajlyakin for the translation, edited by...
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UK: Solidarity from Cairo water workers for Higher Education pay strike
Solidarity from the Cairo Water Company Workers’ Union for the UCU / Unite / UNISON strike on 31 October: “The Independent union of workers in the Cairo Drinking Water Company declares its solidarity...
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