Oppose Egypt strike ban
Extracts from a 23 March statement from the Centre for Trade Union and Workers’ Services and the Federation for Independent Unions. The Egyptian cabinet of ministers approved a draft law which criminalises sit-ins, protests and gatherings which hamper work in public or private places. It decided to submit the draft law to the Supreme Military Council for final consideration and adoption. [This] is a legal disaster. It is a return to penalising the right to strike. The Egyptian workers have struggled for decades for the right to strike. They paid the price by being imprisoned, transferred or...