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Public sector workers call for million-man protest against Civil Service Law
We want fair law guaranteeing safe and stable work environment, says labour syndicates coalition
Workers demands social, not political: ECESR
Representatives from syndicates and rights lawyers discussed objections to Civil Service Law
ITC provides 77,825 with IT training in FY 2014/2015
10,000 individual currently being given professional IT training in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
63 minor injuries during New Suez Canal celebrations
Egypt inaugurated the expansion of the Suez Canal Thursday
Suez Canal makes Egypt ‘economic tiger’ on international shipping lines: Maritime workers
The canal will be a lifeline for Egypt’s economy that not only involves fees collection from passing ships, but also the state’s presentation of a variety of new local projects
The 41,000 pillars of the New Suez Canal
Thousands of workers lived in desert conditions for months, with little reward from the state
Reflections of history on the Suez Canal
“The tour boat passes a mosaic depicting the glorious triumph of the Egyptian people in re-capturing Sinai… The soldiers look upwards and onwards, towards progress and towards the future”
778 labour strikes in 2015: Study
Strikes rise despite current legal measures which can imprison strikers or refer them to early retirement
Egyptian Federation of Workers concerned over Workers University closure
University closed indefinitely for long-term development plans
Workers in Al-Sisi’s Egypt’s: Muted by promises of ‘development’
The study stated that Egypt’s investment regime does not place legal restrictions on foreign investors regarding the transfer of profits outside Egypt, nor does it stipulate that investors should reinvest parts of their profits in the country.
Military factory workers accuse army of killing colleague in Sinai
Security forces argue militants killed victims; workers say army opened fire to disperse crowd, vow to strike
Labour Syndicate elections postponement will increase strikes: EDSP
Al-Sisi postponed syndicate’s elections to next year
Rights campaign presents Labour Law draft to Ministry of Manpower
Campaign is set to meet with the Minster of Manpower Nahed Al-Ashry within the next week, says campaign member
Egypt Post studies implementing workers’ innovative ideas
“Invest Your Ideas” aims at improving authority’s services, says official
Egypt Gas loses EGP 17.3m in Q1 2015
The company witnessed a workers’ strike in April
Fabricated charges, arbitrary suspensions in ‘month of labour’: ECESR
Suspended journalists are set to form an “Association for Suspended Journalists” through which they could voice their demands
Labour groups demand return of suspended Mahallah workers
Labour leader Kamal Al-Fayoumi was accused of inciting workers to strike
Labour unions and parties denounce government ‘bias’ against workers
Joint statement criticises banning strikes and legislations favouring businessmen
Egypt’s 2015 ‘anti-workers’ Labour Day
Five labour activists arrested Friday, amid human rights groups’ condemnation of laws criminalising strikes
The Egyptian Trade Union Federation: A history of obedience
Organisations like the EFITU and the EDLC however had to fight with legal hurdles, since labour laws granted the ETUF a de facto monopoly on workers’ representation.
Egypt to force striking workers into retirement
It is “ridiculous” to punish workers who want to improve production, says communist party leader
‘Work conditions compare favourably in market’: AUC on workers’ strike
University reacts to continuing strike on campus, asserting “AUC is a good employer”
AUC ‘claims standards it does not implement’: Employees
“Many of us came from Aswan and other governorates to work here because we thought AUC was different. It isn’t,” says worker
EGAS workers strike over ‘discrimination’
Strikers to meet Petroleum Minister, seeking unified regulations
1,700 Construction Company workers strike over unpaid salaries
The company does not make revenues, workers demand government involvement
We fear they might be kidnapped in Libya: Relatives of 46 missing Egyptians
The Egyptians from Assiut have been missing for seven months
46 Egyptian workers missing in Libya
Communications stopped with the workers from Assiut since September
Egypt undermines labour rights to attract investment: Rights campaign
Campaign entitled “Towards a Fair Labour Law” presented draft of Labour Law to the Ministry of Manpower
Egyptian expats to return from Libya on first flight from Algeria
Group crossed Dabdab border gate with Libya, opened under exceptional circumstances
Libya under control by year-end: Omar El Gawairi
Egyptian workers return home is “wrong”, says Libyan minister of media, culture and antiquities