Mahala (reasonable news article on)

Disruption at the Mahala textile factory ended on Sunday after a week of industrial action on a scale not seen in Egypt for decades. After refusing to negotiate with striking workers and arresting eight of their leaders, the government finally backed down, entering into talks and reaching a deal after a marathon session of negotiations. The agreement includes the immediate payment of annual profit share bonuses. In addition, the week long strike is to be treated as a paid holiday and workers have received verbal assurances that the company's chairman, Mohamed Gibali, will be investigated.
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As central security troops were slowly withdrawing from the area on Monday there was a growing sense of achievement among the workers. Not only had they managed to have bonus payments doubled but they had struck a blow at both Gibali and Hussein Migawer, head of the government-affiliated Egyptian Federation of Trade Unions.
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Last week's strike could well have a domino effect. Already workers at the Kafr Al-Dawar textile plant are voicing similar demands to those made at Mahala, and workers in factories in Tanta and Beheira have gone on strike.