Wave of strikes, sit-ins and labor protests sweep Iraqi industrial sector
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-09-04 18:33 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Read this…
Read this…
“The state of fear has broken down”
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-09-01 06:05 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
“The state of fear has broken down,” said Sayyed el-Badri of Alexandria’s Teachers’ Voice. I hear this sentence a lot in activist meetings nowadays…
“The state of fear has broken down,” said Sayyed el-Badri of Alexandria’s Teachers’ Voice. I hear this sentence a lot in activist meetings nowadays…
“We want a free syndicate”
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-09-01 05:51 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
“There are two systems for education in Egypt,” said Omar Morsi, a Cairo teacher, during the Saturday protest. “A foreign system for the children of the rich, who live in closed compounds and lead a different life-style; and the other one for the children of the ugly duckling–our children! The first one has all the [...]
“There are two systems for education in Egypt,” said Omar Morsi, a Cairo teacher, during the Saturday protest. “A foreign system for the children of the rich, who live in closed compounds and lead a different life-style; and the other one for the children of the ugly duckling–our children! The first one has all the [...]
The Education Proletariat بروليتارية التعليم
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-09-01 05:40 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
“We (the teachers) have become proletariat el-ta’aleem (the education proletariat),” said N Sinai teacher and left wing activist Ashraf Ayoub in the meeting that followed Saturday’s protest. “Are we different from the workers? No. The government treats us in the same way. We are exploited and oppressed… We need to mobilize for a national conference [...]
“We (the teachers) have become proletariat el-ta’aleem (the education proletariat),” said N Sinai teacher and left wing activist Ashraf Ayoub in the meeting that followed Saturday’s protest. “Are we different from the workers? No. The government treats us in the same way. We are exploited and oppressed… We need to mobilize for a national conference [...]
“We have to strike”
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-09-01 05:13 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
“We need to know one another, and who’s doing what in each province.” said Na’eem Ramadan, an Arabic teacher from Dessouq, in the northern Nile Delta province of Kafr el-Sheik. “We can’t stay fragmented… We have to strike. The people (teachers) have reached their limits and cannot take it anymore. Before Kefaya, no one used [...]
“We need to know one another, and who’s doing what in each province.” said Na’eem Ramadan, an Arabic teacher from Dessouq, in the northern Nile Delta province of Kafr el-Sheik. “We can’t stay fragmented… We have to strike. The people (teachers) have reached their limits and cannot take it anymore. Before Kefaya, no one used [...]
Teachers continue protest against humiliating exams
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-09-01 04:44 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Sarah Carr has a detailed report in the Daily News Egypt on the Saturday afternoon teachers’ protest in Downtown Cairo…
Sarah Carr has a detailed report in the Daily News Egypt on the Saturday afternoon teachers’ protest in Downtown Cairo…
32 factory workers sacked after protesting dismissal of colleague, bad pay
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-09-01 04:34 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
From the Daily News Egypt… Thirty-two factory workers have been arbitrarily dismissed from their jobs after protesting both the dismissal of a colleague and the failure of their employers to provide pay raises to which they are entitled. Safaa Qandeel, an employee at El-Hennawy Tobacco factory, Damanhour, was dismissed following allegations that she ripped up her employment [...]
From the Daily News Egypt… Thirty-two factory workers have been arbitrarily dismissed from their jobs after protesting both the dismissal of a colleague and the failure of their employers to provide pay raises to which they are entitled. Safaa Qandeel, an employee at El-Hennawy Tobacco factory, Damanhour, was dismissed following allegations that she ripped up her employment [...]
Corruption in Ghazl el-Mahalla الفساد الإداري بغزل المحلة
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-09-01 04:11 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Kareem el-Beheiri reports…
Kareem el-Beheiri reports…
Teachers demonstrate in downtown Cairo وقفة إحتجاجية للمعلمين ضد إختبارات “الكادر” في شارع حسين حجازي
3arabawy - Sun, 2008-08-31 04:18 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Around 30 teachers from different provinces protested Saturday afternoon in Hussein Hegazi St, in front of the ministerial cabinet building, against the Education Ministry’s assessment exam. The teachers also denounced their state-backed union, calling for the establishment of a “free syndicate.” I’ll post more pix and details about the teachers’ fight later…
Around 30 teachers from different provinces protested Saturday afternoon in Hussein Hegazi St, in front of the ministerial cabinet building, against the Education Ministry’s assessment exam. The teachers also denounced their state-backed union, calling for the establishment of a “free syndicate.” I’ll post more pix and details about the teachers’ fight later…
Cement workers stage protests south of Cairo إعتصام عمال الأسمنت في حلوان والتبين
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-08-27 21:36 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Around 1000 cement workers are currently staging two sit-ins south of Cairo in Helwan and Tebbin, demanding the 30% raise decreed by Mubarak last May, the “schools grant” (paid to workers in the fall to help them with the fees of their children schooling) and a compensation for the overtime work shifts they do. No more [...]
Around 1000 cement workers are currently staging two sit-ins south of Cairo in Helwan and Tebbin, demanding the 30% raise decreed by Mubarak last May, the “schools grant” (paid to workers in the fall to help them with the fees of their children schooling) and a compensation for the overtime work shifts they do. No more [...]
“Strikes are the only means to get our rights”
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-08-21 22:24 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Salah Abdel Salam, Daqahliya Tax Collector… All union presidents work for State Security. And all State Security (officers) serve only the regime… Egypt has turned from a welfare state to a savage capitalist state… Strikes are the only means to get our rights, as we saw in the Real Estate (Tax Collectors’ strike), Mahalla, Mansoura-España and [...]
Salah Abdel Salam, Daqahliya Tax Collector… All union presidents work for State Security. And all State Security (officers) serve only the regime… Egypt has turned from a welfare state to a savage capitalist state… Strikes are the only means to get our rights, as we saw in the Real Estate (Tax Collectors’ strike), Mahalla, Mansoura-España and [...]
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