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ElBaradei’s political reform campaign continues rounds on the road

The former IAEA chief met with activists and labor leaders from Mehalla, Suez , Tanta and Shebin el-Kom and called on them to boycott the upcoming elections.

Blue and white collar workers have common ground in Egypt

Egypt’s Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin said Egyptian labor protests were focused on wages and contract demands at specific firms and did not pose a broader risk to local or foreign

Egypt’s disabled look for protest victory

Scores of Egyptian special needs citizens continue their weeks-long protest for equality in front of Parliament.

Egypt: fist fight erupts in Parliament over workers’ strike

MB MP and NDP MP traded insults over strikes in Tanta's Flax company which has continued for over three weeks.

Flax protest prompts fistfight in parliament.

Employees of the Tanta Flax and Oils Company staged protests in front of the Egyptian Parliament building in downtown Cairo Monday.

POMED Notes: “Justice for All: the Struggle for Workers Rights in Egypt”

Kamal Abbas kicked off the discussion by noting that Egypt was put on a blacklist of countries to be reviewed about labor and workers rights, which makes the timing of

Tanta Flax workers’ demo – no end in sight?

Workers launched a strike on 9 December after the dismissal of their local union head, Salah Mosallam

Egypt rights groups call on government to address current problems.

CAIRO: The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies called on the government to address Egypts current problems. A follow up plan is imperative for Egypt to sustain some sort of

2009 witnessed an all time high of 100,000 job losses.

A new report by the Ministry of Economical Development revealed that the recent global financial crisis grossly affected the Egyptians as 100,000 employees lost their jobs from the periods October

Medea Benjamin: Int’l Participation in Gaza Freedom March Tops 1,000

Over 1,000 delegates from 42 countries have signed up to participate in the December 31 Gaza Freedom March that will mark the one-year anniversary of the Israeli invasion and call