800 miners threaten to stage sit-in in front of Mubarak’s house
Published by Hossam el-Hamalawy January 30th, 2007 in Activism, Egypt مصر, Labor عمالAround 800 miners in Zagazig staged a sit in on Sunday, accusing the Sharqiya province governor of not paying them their bonuses for three years. The miners threatened to descend on Cairo, and demonstrate in front of Mubarak’s house, if their demands are not met within 10 days…
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Wow… what courage. With all that’s happening lately in in labor circles, it makes you wish white collar workers were as courageous.
And by the way it’s not only in Egypt - look at this piece on Moroccan strikers:
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=10586
Is there an independent pan-Arab union that you know of?