Around 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…


2 Responses to “800 miners threaten to stage sit-in in front of Mubarak’s house”  

  1. 1 issandr

    Wow… what courage. With all that’s happening lately in in labor circles, it makes you wish white collar workers were as courageous.

  2. 2 issandr

    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?




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