The recent strikewave in Egypt continues as fertiliser workers are victorious in their most recent industrial action.
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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
2) An Ambulance car will be provided and stationed at the factory
3) A daily meal will be provided for the workers in their shift breaks
4) A sacking order against one of the strikers has been revoked
More than 400 Suez Fertilizers Company workers who have been staging a sit-in for three days and escalated their industrial action to all-out strike since Friday morning.
2,000 workers in the mother company in Kafr el-Zayyat, have warned the management they will go on strike from yesterday if their Social Bonuses are not paid though more details are not yet known about the situation there.
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