I’ve been receiving emails and phone calls from researchers and journalists asking me to put them in touch with labor activists in Mahalla or Kafr el-Dawwar. Well, they are coming to you here in Cairo, so please show up tomorrow at the Press Syndicate…

Press Conference
Wednesday 7 February 2007
12 noon at Press Syndicate, 4th floor
In response to the violent attack by the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) against the Center for Trade Union and Workers Services (CTUWS) on the 10 p.m. program broadcasted on Dream 2 satellite channel last Sunday, and which involved a series of accusations and defamations;
And to clarify the vicious campaign we have been facing lately by ETUF, CTUWS is organizing a press conference in collaboration with a number of civil society organizations, which expressed their solidarity with the center.
The press conference will take place on Wednesday the 7th of February, on the 4th floor at the press syndicate, at 12 noon time.
Participants in the conference include
Association for Health and Environmental Development
Egyptian Association for Promotion of Community Participation.
Egyptian Association against Torture
Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Egyptian Social Democratic Center
Nadim Center
Center for Alternative Development Studies
Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

See you there…