Solidarity from the British Postal Strikers رسالة تضامن من عمال البريد المضربين في بريطانيا إلى زملائهم المصريين at 3arabawy

Solidarity from the British Postal Strikers رسالة تضامن من عمال البريد المضربين في بريطانيا إلى زملائهم المصريين

Published by Hossam el-Hamalawy August 7th, 2007 in Activism, Britain, Economy, Egypt مصر, Labor عمال

Labor activists involved in the ongoing British Postal strikes have come across reports of what happened to their Egyptian colleagues in Ramses Sq. last month… I received two solidarity messages… Here’s one of them…

Dear Comrade,
i read about your fight, and I would like to send to you and all the Egyptian postal workers solidarity from the Islington postal workers in North London, at present we are in a fight with Royal Mail over are terms and conditions you can be an inspiration to us all here in UK
In solidarity, David Morrison N1 CWU Delivery representative

To the Shabab in Cairo, PLEASE translate this short letter into Arabic, and distribute it among your media and labor contacts… To those who were involved in the Egyptian postal strikers solidarity campaign and are still in touch with the strikers (after they were moved back to their hometowns in the Nile Delta and elsewhere), call the strikers up one by one and tell them of this letter on the phone, if you cannot meet them in person..

I hope in the future there would be more liaising between those involved in labor campaigns in Egypt and their international counterparts. I’m sure if such solidarity had arrived earlier, while the strike was still taking place, it would have constituted more pressure on the Egyptian government to submit to the strikers’ demands.

In any case, it’s good to know the news of the Egyptian working class struggles is trickling to the rest of the world…

To the shabab in Britain, how can we help? Are there petitions you want us to circulate among our labor contacts calling on the British bosses to submit to the workers’ demands? To whom it should be addressed? You can either send me an email or post a comment…

11 Responses to “Solidarity from the British Postal Strikers رسالة تضامن من عمال البريد المضربين في بريطانيا إلى زملائهم المصريين”

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1 Amr Gharbeia Aug 7th, 2007 at 9:35 pm

This is a translation of David’s message:

الرفاق الأعزاء

قرأت عن كفاحكم، و أردت أن أعلمكم بتضامن عمال بريد إزلنجتون شمال لندن معكم و مع كل عمال البريد المصريين. نحن الآن في صراع مع البريد الملكي حول شروط العمل. أنتم مصدر إلهام لنا كلنا هنا في المملكة المتحدة.

خالص التضامن
ديفد موريسون
ممثل توزيع N1 CWU
2 Hossam el-Hamalawy Aug 7th, 2007 at 9:38 pm

شكرا يا عمرو…
3 يساري مصري Aug 7th, 2007 at 11:48 pm

woooow
what a great support
bgad the feelin of that u r seen & ur steps is supported is a great feelin

i will puplish this letter in arabic in ma blog
4 Hossam el-Hamalawy Aug 8th, 2007 at 10:02 am

Thanks comrade
5 Salamander Aug 8th, 2007 at 1:03 pm

Hossam,

Tell me ya gameel if you have contacts in London so as to track down David!
6 Simon Assaf Aug 8th, 2007 at 3:55 pm

To contact David and other strikers, please send me an email at: simona@socialistworker.co.uk

Regards
Simon
7 Hossam el-Hamalawy Aug 8th, 2007 at 7:27 pm

Hey Sally… You are a star! Thanks a lot for your willingness to help.. I knew you wouldn’t let me down ya amar…
Salam to all our friends in Britian..
8 Garvan and Angela Aug 9th, 2007 at 7:03 pm

You have our support brothers….

1 Updates on the UK postal strikers at 3arabawy Pingback on Aug 10th, 2007 at 11:14 am
2 “Egyptian postal strikers are an inspiration” at 3arabawy Pingback on Aug 24th, 2007 at 6:37 am
3 Photo: UK Labor Activist David Morrison at 3arabawy Pingback on Aug 25th, 2007 at 10:05 am

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