Case Study (2) Observatory of Egyptian labor union and the month of December 2009

Photography/ nagi rashed

A stand in protest of the oppressed workers To the Confederation of Workers
I wrote: Fatima Ramadan

7/12/2009 systems on Monday, about 60 workers from the laid-off workers and oppressed people from more than 12 sites of action (Tanta Flax workers - workers Shebin Spinning - Spinning workers Fayoum - Egypt's workers Iran - Mahalla workers - workers Ameriya Spinning - Workers of South Mills Cairo and Giza - Mwgueti Minia University - moderators of Education - Staff Property taxes - Lafarge ...) in more than 40 work site occurred the persecution of workers, and a protest to the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, in protest to:

Ignore the trade union of workers and oppressed their problems, despite the fact that workers have already gone to the trade union delegation consisting of more than 25 workers three weeks ago, and submitted a memo in which he said offer some of what they are exposed to persecution, and demanded the EU to do its part and set it in their demands:

1 - The distribution of living allowances for workers laid off and suspended from duty pending the abolition of the resolutions of separation and stop them from work.
2 - transition allowance for workers transferred to when they return to their original state.
3 - enter the General Federation of Trade Unions of Egypt to cancel these actions and arbitrary sanctions.

And met with Deputy President of the Abdel-Moneim Aezzali heard from each site workers are suffering from abuse, and seemed surprised by what happens to the workers, and the failure of trade union committees at the sites of the stand next to its workers, and promised to bring these problems that he had heard from workers in the management of the European Council meeting in the presence of the heads of general unions, and to reach an agreement on what will be performed by union workers, as promised benefits regardless of the displaced workers and suspended from work, before the Eid, which did not happen.

This has been a witness is an episode of a series of protests that the workers intended to do, through the campaign have formed as the "campaign Hnkhav not ... not to separate and displaced workers," which began its mission to knock on the doors of newspapers, which have visited through 5 newspapers and asked the officials to write about where they are exposed to persecution, and then formed a delegation that had submitted the demands of the union before a pause on the protest, and intends to continue their protests until the workers return to their jobs in their companies and factories.

This staff has tried to fragment the unity of the workers through the invitation to enter specific locations to meet the head of the Union without the other sites, which was rejected by the workers, and clung to enter the delegation representing each of the sites participating in the stand.

Although that day was the date of the General Assembly of the Union of road transport, which are attended by the Minister of Manpower and President of the Union, but none of them did not come out to meet and find out what workers are suffering from persecution and abuse.

The workers use the slogans expressing their anger and Nqmthm of what they are exposed to abuse, the failure of the union and the Ministry of Manpower in turn, also expressed Nqmthm rallying cries of bias from state institutions for investors and business owners, leading to criticism of state policies in general are as follows:

"Project's strike against poverty and hunger", "not Bnkhav Bntati we are not hate the sound Aloati", "I wake you, O Egypt worker Magda, and I know your role in the pink, no matter how important Btaatab Pthqi, your trouble Rayeh of thieves, not yours Ihnalk your race, your race Mrqk Rizk Aialk, wake up you are you not working, I wake you, the maintenance of the factory worker, the maintenance of the plant and make a "Egypt," with our blood, the most important livelihood Aina "," factory workers not to gang up capital "," the first requirement for the return of all hardworking people separated, "" O Trade Egypt's workers, Benitoa Pflausena Cam Palace "," Hey, Boss Secretary of Allied Waste, Les separation and displacement "," O my nearby grocery store, Les mutually supportive of capital "," you need an existence Haj Hussein, countries dismissed workers "," we should like to syndicate free, dignified living accept time, we should like a new union .. We stayed on the Hodeidah "," Hey, Boss Secretary of Allied Waste is not severable and Shareed. "

Observatory and the Egyptian labor union
On the evening of 7/12/2009

Solidarity with workers

committee Altsiqip the rights and freedoms of association and labor Egypt was the key movement .

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The Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights .
Hisham Mubarak Center for Law .
The Preparatory Committee for the workers .
Observatory Egyptian labor and trade union .
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