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labor actions • 10 min read
Egyptian Iron and Steel workers stage sit-in to protest liquidation: ‘Here you have a house, outside you have a house, but outside you’ll reside in humiliation’
“Did you not do your jobs? And you over there, did you not do your job?”
18 January 2021
public sector • 14 min read
Public sector giant Egyptian Iron and Steel Company to be liquidated despite opposition
Monday's decision has already faced substantial pushback.
13 January 2021
public sector • 9 min read
State cracks down on Delta Fertilizers sit-in, rejects worker demands, holds 8 in remand detention
Eight workers, six of them trade unionists, are in detention facilities, as a sit-in continues.
4 January 2021
Heliopolis Company for Housing and Development • 20 min read
Entering the gated compound game: A look at the plan to develop a new Heliopolis Company for Housing and Development
Beesan Kassab | The firm has relied on selling its precious land stock to make revenues in recent years
29 September 2020
food production • 15 min read
Kaha: A storied food company struggles to regain its former glory
Omaima Ismail | Kaha’s storied brand had disappeared into the realm of memory.
9 September 2020
COVID-19 • 15 min read
COVID-19 relief? Where is the government getting the money?
Beesan Kassab | The cut is just one of a host of measures that explain the government’s COVID-19 budget policy.
23 June 2020
Endowments Ministry • 6 min read
New wave of public sector labor strikes from Alexandria to Aswan
Jano Charbel | A new wave of labor strikes is sweeping Egypt, from Alexandria to Aswan, primarily in public sector companies.
8 March 2016
bureaucracy • 8 min read
Protesting conscripts and civil servants: Cracks in the regime’s support system?
Mostafa Mohie | Three weeks separated the protests against the civil service law and protests staged by police conscripts
2 September 2015
civil service law • 8 min read
Workers protest civil service law in one of biggest street actions since 2013
Jano Charbel | Thousands of public sector workers took to the streets on Monday in protest against the civil service
10 August 2015
 
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public sector • 8 min read
General Union of Engineering, Metal, Electrical Workers protests plan to reallocate Egyptian Iron and Steel Company mines
21 September 2020
2018/19 budget • 4 min read
Real wages for public sector employees drop in FY 2018/19 state budget
17 April 2018
civil service law • 4 min read
17 striking workers acquitted as court demands right to strike be included in civil service law
17 June 2017
civil service law • 6 min read
Tension runs high in lead-up to civil service law protest
11 September 2015
civil service law • 6 min read
Authorities refuse to authorize protest against new Civil Service Law
16 August 2015
civil service law • 4 min read
Public sector workers protest civil service law, plan more protests in August
27 July 2015
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