Hossam el-Hamalawy

el-Hamalawy, Hossam

Egyptian Trotskyist blogger whose English language coverage of labour struggles in Egypt has been invaluable to non-Arabic speakers.

Key articles: 
Egyptian textile workers confront the new economic order
Strikes in Egypt spread from centre of gravity
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Al-Jazeera program on Mansoura-España Garments Company struggle

Group of women occupying the Mansoura Espana Garments Company factory

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.

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13 Jun 2007 by Ed

Egypt: Update on the Mansoura-España Garments Company workers sit-in

Male and female workers occupy the Mansoura-España Garments factory.

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.

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24 May 2007 by Ed

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…

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17 May 2007 by Ed

Strikes in Egypt spread from centre of gravity

Ghazl el-Mahalla workers on strike last December. Photo by Nasser Nouri

The longest and strongest wave of worker protest since the end of World War II is rolling through Egypt. In March, the liberal daily al-Masri al-Yawm estimated that no fewer than 222 sit-in strikes, work stoppages, hunger strikes and demonstrations had occurred during 2006.

Take from Middle East Report Online

In the first five months of 2007, the paper has reported a new labour action nearly every day. The citizen group Egyptian Workers and Trade Union Watch documented 56 incidents during the month of April, and another 15 during the first week of May alone.[1]

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13 May 2007 by Ed

Egyptian textile workers confront the new economic order

Striking Misr Spinning and Weaving Company workers in Mahalla al-Kubra

An analysis of the recent strike-wave in Egypt which involved tens of thousands of textile workers and a look at the history of labour militancy in the country.

For the last ten years Muhammad ‘Attar, 36, has worked in the finishing department at the gigantic Misr Spinning and Weaving Company complex at Mahalla al-Kubra in the middle of the Nile Delta. He takes home a basic wage of about $30. With profit sharing and incentives, his net pay is about $75 a month.

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30 Mar 2007 by Ed
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