Latest in Tag: labour Highlight
Latest in Tag: labour
Labour Syndicate elections postponement will increase strikes: EDSP
Al-Sisi postponed syndicate’s elections to next year
Domestic hell: The plight of African workers in Egypt
The majority of African domestic workers in Egypt have fled their home countries due to hardships, only to find more traumatising experiences in Egyptian households
Qatari promises of labour reform ring hollow amid revived corruption allegations
By James M. Dorsey A promise by Qatari Labour and Social Affairs minister Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al-Khulaifi to reform the Gulf state’s controversial âkafalaâ, or labour sponsorship system, by the end of this year is likely to cut little ice with human rights and trade union activists, who four years after Qatar won the right …
Labour unions and parties denounce government âbiasâ against workers
Joint statement criticises banning strikes and legislations favouring businessmen
Political instability has ‘surely’ affected employment rates:Â ALO
By Rana Yehia The Arab Labor Organization (ALO) began issuing periodic reports since 2008, labour and unemployment being the first topic to be reported on. The Arab region generally has the highest unemployment rates amongst the world. The rates of the total unemployment have reached 14% whereas the youth unemployment percentage was recorded at 25%, …
Egypt-UAE agreement to fund micro-projects signed
Agreements reflect steps to decrease rural poverty and increase womenâs participation in the work force
Workers strike at Helwan steel company
Production process stopped, workers to continue striking until demands are met, says labour leader
Study asserts that controversial Gulf labour regime reduces global inequality
By James M. Dorsey With the absence of labour rights in the Gulf under fire as a result of Qatarâs successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup, Gulf states are likely to take heart from a recent study that asserts that authoritarian regimes in the oil-rich Middle East and China have contributed more to …
Broke? Spend, spend, spend
By Philip Whitfield Let me give you my vision: A manâs right to work as he wills, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the state of servant and not as master. They are the essence of a free economy and on that freedom all our other freedoms depend. Regrettably, those are …
5232 social, economic and labour protests held in 2013: ECESR
Economic and social rights NGO notes majority of protests took place in the first half of the year
Sexual harasser sentenced to 1 year
Swift prison sentence for bus passenger who took a photo of a sleeping woman
Skilled labour abandoned tourism sector, training a big challenge: Tourism ministry official
Low incoming tourism to Egypt pushed tourism workers to work in other economic sectors; Egyptian hotels face big challenges training workers, says adviser to tourism minister
Company workers stage sit-in in Suez
Workers object to last weekâs dismissal of nine employees
Communication of Egyptian government needs improvement: OECD
Report criticises labour market and education system; describes them as structural weakness
Tamarod co-founder assaulted outside presidential palace march
The march was organised to call for an end to controversial Protest Law
Defiant Egypt workers pose challenge to next president
In the years since Mubarak’s overthrow in 2011, workers have staged persistent strikes across the country
NGO criticises prosecution of Shiâa
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said it is deeply concerned by a recent court sentencing of a Shiâa citizen to five years in prison
Misdemeanour courts send 220 to prison for separate incidents in Alexandria
Prisoners referred to Homeland Security Prosecution for joining the Muslim Brotherhood
15 sentenced to two yearsâ hard labour for violating public assembly laws
The convicted are among 33 arrested while discussing preparations for the revolutionâs third anniversary in a public park in downtown Cairo
Detainee dies of electrocution
Detaineesâ conditions in Egyptian jails worsen
26 labour protests during the first half of January: ECESR
Eight protests related to doctorsâ strike
Protesters sentenced to 2 years of labour for defacing Tahrir monument
One of the three men sentenced for burning flag in addition to defacing monument
Manpower minister shakes up ETUF board
Unseated ETUF head holds meeting with 11 board members and says he will not take legal action
The International Labour Organisation warns of jobless recovery
A global labour market recovery is being held back by a shortfall in demand, the ILO said, noting that in many developed economies, cuts in public spending and increases in income and consumption taxes were weighing heavily on businesses and households.
Union announces strike following leaders kidnapping
ETUF demands government’s resignation, several trade unions condemn attack
Vote Yes to the constitution: ETUF
Labour union urges members to vote âyesâ despite the removal of workersâ quota
ERF discusses Egyptian labour
ERF holds a conference to announce the findings of theâ Egyptian Labour Market Panel Survey 2010â
Part 3: New constitution expands social and economic rights, but grey areas remain
An analysis of the first two sections in the draft constitution concerning economic and social rights
Press Syndicate hold presser protesting labour rights violations
Revolutionary Socialists leaders call for a unified movement for workers
Egyptian female youth and their labour market
Recently, I was stunned. I had quite a surprising experience while interviewing a young, Egyptian woman for a basic entry-level analyst-type position. From my perspective, the interview was going well. The young woman was bright and seemed to have many of the qualities I was looking for in a candidate. As we were wrapping up, …