Latest in Tag: workers Highlight
Latest in Tag: workers
Engineers Syndicate leader to remain in detention for ‘inciting protests’
Syndicate secretary general Fathy Abdel Latif was arrested a day before 25 April anti-government protests
Applying martial law on Alexandria workers a violation: leftist party
Last week, 13 workers of the Alexandria Shipyard Company were jailed on accusations of protesting and may be referred to military court
Military prosecution renews detention of Alexandria shipyard workers for 11 days
The workers arranged the sit-in demanding their delayed financial dues and annual pre-Ramadan bonuses, says ECESR lawyer
Emergency fund in Manpower Ministry offers subsidies to tourism workers: ETF official
The fund has specified conditions, such as establishments that achieve a surplus or profit have no right to obtain subsidies from the fund
VW eases up on its board while workers raise the pressure
Citing a lack of incriminating findings, company leadership has planned to let its board off the hook for Dieselgate. But VW workers are taking issue with the board’s treatment, demanding bonuses for all or none.
Tadamon coalition submits alternative civil service law to parliament
Government amendments to the draft law are decorative, says the coalition
NCHR calls on state authorities to respect Press Syndicate’s freedoms
The council held a meeting to review the Press Syndicate situation and its annual report
Worker arrested ahead of Labour Day protests
Security presence hinders scheduled labour protest in downtown Cairo
Workers coalition to ‘mourn’ on Labour Day
A protest will take place on Sunday decrying state legislation against workers
NCGC workers to stage sit-in outside presidential palace on 30 March
Workers demand privatisation of the once-public sector company be annulled
Providing good jobs top corporate responsibility for workers
A global survey on the most important responsibilities of companies shows that offering decent jobs is the top priority for many. Quality products and environmental protection follow close behind, the study reveals.
3 workers dead after landslide resulted in collapse of unlicensed workshops
Shaq Al-Teban, located in the mountainous area of southern Cairo, has more than 1,500 workshops and small factories specialising in the granite and marble industry.
Steel industry urges tough action on China amid overcapacity and job losses
Steel workers and managers protested the import of Chinese ‘dumping’ products at a rally in Brussels. They urged the EU not to exacerbate the situation by granting China market economy status.
Workers in 2015: Physical and economic threats continue
Egypt’s president and the government had to go face to face with the frustrated workers who have continued to threaten a new wave of strikes and protests, if demands – which continue to be economic and social in nature – are not met.
Shaghalni seeks to provide vacancies to workers through Internet
We provided 3,000 vacancies in five months and plan to increase the number of users to 50,000 in 2016
CBE asks banks to postpone loan premiums for tourism workers
Arrangements aim to help tourism workers hit by slump in the sector
Wage theft among UK care workers ‘likely to increase’
London continues to cut the elderly social care budget while promising a higher minimum wage to care workers. Analysts think this will mean even more ‘wage theft,’ where workers are cheated out of part of their salary. Britain’s relatively lax labor laws and a near crisis in funding for social care for the elderly is …
Contradicting official statements reason for continuing strike: Mahalla workers
Workers to continue striking until the 10% bonus is issued
Open-ended strike in Mahalla
Officials to plan visit to Gharbeya to “study” workers’ complaints
Al-Masry Al-Youm management reject workers demands over mass sackings
Workers vow to escalate as founder says that staff numbers have spiralled out of control
How the sharing economy changes workers’ lives
The digital world is changing our homes, our society and how we work. DW spoke to digital goods expert Arun Sundararajan from the NYU Stern School of Business about the sharing economy. DW: We live in a digital world and we share basically everything online: Cars, bikes, kitchens or apartments. If we look at the …
Public sector workers call for million-man protest against Civil Service Law
We want fair law guaranteeing safe and stable work environment, says labour syndicates coalition
Workers demands social, not political: ECESR
Representatives from syndicates and rights lawyers discussed objections to Civil Service Law
ITC provides 77,825 with IT training in FY 2014/2015
10,000 individual currently being given professional IT training in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
63 minor injuries during New Suez Canal celebrations
Egypt inaugurated the expansion of the Suez Canal Thursday
Suez Canal makes Egypt ‘economic tiger’ on international shipping lines: Maritime workers
The canal will be a lifeline for Egypt’s economy that not only involves fees collection from passing ships, but also the state’s presentation of a variety of new local projects
The 41,000 pillars of the New Suez Canal
Thousands of workers lived in desert conditions for months, with little reward from the state
Reflections of history on the Suez Canal
“The tour boat passes a mosaic depicting the glorious triumph of the Egyptian people in re-capturing Sinai… The soldiers look upwards and onwards, towards progress and towards the future”
778 labour strikes in 2015: Study
Strikes rise despite current legal measures which can imprison strikers or refer them to early retirement
Egyptian Federation of Workers concerned over Workers University closure
University closed indefinitely for long-term development plans
