Latest in Tag: Strike Highlight
Latest in Tag: Strike

Doctors’ Syndicate will protect striking doctors
The doctors have announced the protocol for their strike scheduled for Wednesday

Palestinian prisoner freed after hunger strike
Thousands of Palestinians came out to celebrate his return to Issawiya, honking car horns and waving flags of different Palestinian groups, witnesses said.

Doctors negotiate with ministers
Negotiations are expected to be completed by Tuesday

Iron and Steel workers accuse the government of deception
The workers call on the government to resign after failing to resolve the crisis

Iron and Steel strike deal falls through, workers continue to protest
Workers say their demands have not been met and protest outside the cabinet

Independent Movement candidates dominate Doctors’ Syndicate elections
The Muslim Brotherhood loses the majority of the syndicate’s board for the first time in 28 years

EIPR announces support for Iron and Steel workers’ demands
Workers are demanding 16 months’ worth of profit-share owed to them
Cabinet understands need to provide workers with incentives: spokesman
A meeting was held between officials from the Iron and Steel Factory and labour and union representatives

ETUF declares solidarity with striking iron and steel workers
Minister of Manpower discussing worker demands with cabinet; parent company attempting to solve the issue

President issues Protest Law
The draft version submitted by cabinet was highly criticised by domestic and international human rights organisations

Labour groups denounce sit-in dispersal
Workers movements and political parties express disappointment with Minister of Manpower

ECESR begins sit-ins
Workers protest after unfair terminations

In Syria, the punishment must fit the crime
By Ammar Abdulhamid, Now News If the purpose of the looming US-intervention in Syria is to restore America’s credibility, and more specifically President Obama’s, which has suffered measurably on the international scene as a result of his foot-dragging over the last two and a half years, then a limited intervention will prove insufficient and will …

President Obama Should Heed World Leaders’ Opinion
By Dr Cesar Chelala At the St. Petersburg meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) of developed and developing economies, President Barak Obama faced growing opposition on his decision to go to war with Syria by almost all world leaders, with the exception of France’s President. At a critical moment in that conflict, President Obama would be wise to follow the …

Al-Azhar condemns possible strike on Syria
The Islamic institution stresses its opposition to the use of chemical weapons

Labour law out for dialogue
Labour law amendments allows workers to strike

UN chief awaits Syria chemical weapons probe, West waits
US President Barack Obama said he has yet to sign off on a plan to strike Syria

Suez Steel Company workers released on bail
Amr Youssef and Raouf Abdel Khaliq, the arrested Suez Steel Company workers, were released today from Suez’s persecution after paying EGP 500 bail.

Militant group claims four members killed in Friday’s Sinai explosion
Armed group Beit Al-Maqdis claims an Israeli drone strike killed four of its members while the Egyptian armed forces denies any Israeli involvement in the incident

No Israeli involvement in Sinai explosions: Egyptian armed forces
Two large explosions near the Egyptian Israeli border were not an Israeli drone strike

Healthcare professionals suspend sit-in
Protesting doctors say they left health ministry camp in order to tend to potential wounded in upcoming protests

Sumed employees hold a sit-in
Protesting employees demand the removal of administration members while the administration files a report against them

Supreme Council of Culture withdraws confidence from Minister
Intellectuals call on the military to protect the Egyptian National Library and Archives

EgyptAir pilots strike, Cairo flights disrupted
EgyptAir pilots began a sit-in on Thursday to demand better pay and working conditions

Doctors’ staff law guidelines announced by Shura Council Health Committee
Doctors Without Rights: None of the law guidelines are new, nor have they been implemented before

Beni Suef doctor attacked
The assault resulted in a strike executed by angered doctors

Iffco Egypt workers mark 15 days of strike
Workers refuse to suspend their strike until their demands are met

Doctors Without Rights plan strike on 15 June
Medical professionals are demanding the passing of a staff law that would give them more rights

Doctors’ Syndicate demand more secure hospitals
Secretary-general: We can’t work under gunpoint
Electricity company workers on strike
Workers demand equal rights and healthcare