I received another statement from Kafr el-Dawwar Textile Workers For Change, affirming their solidarity with the Ghazl el-Mahalla workers’ campaign to impeach their corrupt labor union officials and improve their work conditions.

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[Above: Kafr el-Dawwar textile workers celebrate their strike victory, February 2007. Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy.]

The statement this time is written in colloquial Arabic. My sources in Kafr el-Dawwar told me at least 300 copies of yesterday’s and today’s solidarity statements were distributed in the factory (which has a total labor force of 11,700 workers), and were positively received by the town’s workers. Ghazl el-Mahalla blogger Kareem el-Beheiry also reports that the two statements were warmly received by the Mahalla workers, and some already have made copies and started circulating them in Mahalla.