Still trying to confirm this, but I received news that textile workers at Ghazl Shebeen factory in the Nile Delta town of Monofiya started a sit-in last night.

I don’t have more details at the moment about the number of strikers, their demands, etc. I’ll update the posting later when I receive more details.

UPDATE: Today’s Al-Masry Al-Youm ran an interview with Hussein Megawer, the sec-gen of the Egyptian Federation of Trade Unions, where he lashed out against “saboteurs in Ghazl el-Mahalla Textile factory, who infiltrated the workers’ ranks, and who stand behind the campaign to impeach the Factory Union Committee.”