The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Labor unions & the movement for change

The Center for Socialist Studies is to hold a forum on the “The Political Movements and Labor Unions Elections� on Thursday, 20 July.

There will be two sessions...

5pm to 7pm: Labor and Political Change, featuring labor unionist Fathallah Mahrouss, member of the Coordinating Committee for Unions Rights and Liberties, and Fatma Ramadan, a labor researcher with Center for Socialist Studies.

7:30pm to 10pm: The Current Political Forces and Labor Union Elections, featuring a group of labor union activists: Hamdi Hassan from The Afaq Ishtrakiya Center, Kamal Abu 3eita from Karama Movement, Mohamed Abu Samra from the Labor Party, Mohamed Hassan from Workers for Change, Mohamed 3abdel 3azim from the Coordinating Committee for Unions Rights and Liberties, and Mohammadi 3abdel Maqsoud, a Muslim Brothers Labor MP.