Egypt
Wildcat strike in Ghazl el-Mahalla, Egypt, 29th September 2007
Pictures of the wildcat strike of the victorious strike of thousands of textile workers in Ghazl el-Mahalla, Egypt. Photos, by Omar Said, taken from here.
Mahalla strikers score victory
Government negotiators and labor representatives resolved early on Saturday a week-old labor dispute that had paralyzed Egypt’s largest textile factory by largely agreeing to the workers’ demands, the strike committee said in a statement.
Workers’ representatives of the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in Mahalla el-Kubra, north of Cairo, met with the official government union and they agreed to grant the workers’ an additional 90 days pay, and negotiate over further increases.
Egypt: Mahalla strike update
Five detained Mahalla strikers were released last night, a mass meeting of the strikers rejected compromise and security forces are beginning to step up their presence around the factory.
Taken from the excellent and highly recommended 3arabwy blog.
The five detained Ghazl el-Mahalla labor leaders were released Tuesday night sometime between 11pm and midnight from State Security Police custody.
Launching statement of the 'Solidarity Committee with Mahalla Workers'
This is the launching statement of the Solidarity Committee with Mahalla Workers from 25th of September 2007. The signatories include a number of workers representing several factories and left-leaning organizations and political parties.
Solidarity Committee with Mahalla Workers
Suez Fertiliser Company workers score victory
The recent strikewave in Egypt continues as fertiliser workers are victorious in their most recent industrial action.
A strike of more than 400 workers at the Suez Fertilizers Company was suspended Friday 5:30pm, following negotiations between the CEO of the company Sayyed Abul Hawa el-Daw and the Labor Ministry officials in Suez on the one hand, and six of the strike leaders on the other, whereby the following had been agreed up on:
1) The monthly salaries of the workers will be raised by LE200
Statement from Ghazl el-Mahalla's "7th of December Movement- Workers For Change"
In December, Egypt saw a wildcat strike of 27,000 people at the Ghazl el-Mahalla textile factory. As militancy has spread across and beyond the sector in the region, workers in Ghazl el-Mahalla have formulated the following statement.
This is a rough translation of one of two statements distributed by, the previously unknown, "7th December Movement - Workers for Change" in Ghazl el-Mahalla, 19th and 20th June 2007.
Al-Jazeera program on Mansoura-España Garments Company struggle
The Everywoman program on Al-Jazeera takes a look at the struggles of Egyptian women working at the Mansoura-España Garments Company who have been occupying their factory for over a month for better pay.
Aired June 1st 2007 and includes an interview with Hossam el-Hamalawy writer from the 3arabwy blog.
Egypt: Update on the Mansoura-España Garments Company workers sit-in
Update on the occupation of more than half the workers at the Mansoura-España Garments Company, previously reported on libcom, which has now lasted continuously for over a month.
Taken from the 3arabawy blog by Egyptian writer Hossam el-Hamalawy.
Egyptian cement workers refuse buy-out and propose self-management
The Cement workers in Tora, Helwan and Suez are refusing an early buyout scheme their Italian management is currently drafting, with the aim of cutting down the labor force.
Instead the workers want to buy the shares of the foreign management, and are proposing they (the workers) run the company themselves, promising to bring down the cement market price from LE400 per ton (expected to rise soon to LE600) to LE200.
Egypt: Garment workers' sit-in reaches 26th day
Report from Egyptian blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy on a sit in of over 150, mostly female garment workers at the Mansoura-España Garments Company.
Taken from the 3arabawy blog by Egyptian writer Hossam el-Hamalawy
I travelled Wednesday to Talkha in the Nile Delta province of Daqahliya to follow up on the Mansoura-España Garments Company workers’ sit-in, which has entered its 26th day…
