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May
6
2012

يتساءل بعض العمال لماذا إضراب 7/5 الآن و حالة البلد و حالة الشركة لا تسمح بالإضراب الآن ؟

Egypt workers textile Mahalla strike statement

Mar
30
2012

"Spanish workers angry at a labour reform the government calls an "unstoppable" necessity staged a general strike on Thursday, bringing factories and ports to a standstill and igniting flashes of violence on the streets."

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Mar
26
2012

"Steven Johns responds to an article in Freedom newspaper by Ewa Jasiewicz defending trade unionism and arguing that its critics "can undermine workers in struggle". "

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Mar
14
2012

"Egyptian women have been on the frontline of the revolution since the beginning: in Tahrir Square and beyond they have faced tear gas and bullets to defy both Mubarak and his generals in the struggle for bread, freedom and social justice."

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"Teachers have been involved in simple campaigns in order to win a decent wage to allow them to live in dignity. A very large number of teachers do all kinds of jobs you would never imagine."

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Mar
12
2012

"منذ ستين عاما عندما خضعت مصر لحكم نخبة عسكرية، تعلمت تلك النخبة الكثير من الأشياء الرائعة من الاتحاد السوفيتي، تعلمت كيف تبني المصانع، وتعلمت أيضاً كيف تقمع الفقراء الذين يعملون لهم فيها بأجور زهيدة؟."

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Mar
1
2012

"Tens of millions of workers took part in a one-day general strike in India on February 28 in the country’s largest industrial action since its independence in 1947."

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  • Among the demands that the unions made were the establishment of a national minimum wage, the end of temporary employment (what are called “contract laborers” in India) in favor of permanent jobs, more efforts to curb runaway inflation (the official rate is hovering at around 7.5 percent), guaranteed pensions, and an end to the privatization of publicly owned companies.
  • For the past decade, India has been the darling of the economic pundits globally, with massive growth rates and a burgeoning middle class whose consumptive powers have fuelled the national mythology of “India Shining.” According to current estimates, the Indian economy grew at around 7 percent last year and is projected to grow again at a similar rate in 2012.
Feb
29
2012

"Electricians in the construction industry have won a decisive victory, after Balfour Beatty threw in the towel."

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  • In August last year, a breakaway group of employers, headed up by Balfour Beatty’s electrical services wing, walked away from the national negotiating body, and announced they were forming a new employers’ group. They simultaneously announced that they would be imposing new contracts on all their electricians, to take effect at the start of December – removing travel allowances, ending existing overtime agreements and current grading agreements, and leading to pay cuts of up to 35%.
Feb
28
2012

"طوفان الغضب الاجتماعي يواصل تقدمه في كافة القطاعات الانتاجية لمواجهة الظلم والفقر والفساد ليشهد اليوم إضرابات كبري شملت قطاع النقل وموظفي الدولة وعمال الصناعة والبترول. الاحتجاجات شارك فيها الآلاف في طول مصر وعرضها الذين طالبوا برفع الاجور وتطهير المؤسسات لتمثل أكبر تحدي يواجه سلطة العسكر والبرلمان الاسلامي."

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Feb
12
2012

"Greece is a "a breath away from ground zero", Prime Minister Lucas Papademos warned as he urged politicians to back an unpopular international bailout on Sunday that may have to be raised to €145bn to save the country from collapse."

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  • He told the nation in a televised address on Saturday that a rejection of the   deal today would lead to “uncontrollable economic chaos and social   explosion”.
  • Thousands of protestors massed in Athens yesterday after the Greek cabinet   approved the plans late on Friday night, while a general strike brought   public transport to a halt in the capital.

"On February 28th 2012 over 100,000,000 Indian workers will come out on strike. Workers from many unions and sectors are trying to gain improvements in areas such as, pay, pensions, and employment rights. "

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  • The strike has been called because workers have said 'enough is enough', after two years of the government refusing to negotiate with unions on any issue. Indian's are sick of the rich getting richer, record economic growth, whilst 400 million people have not got a pot to piss in.

"The strike is in response to a new austerity agreement between the Greek government with the “troika” of the IMF, European Union (EU) and European Central Bank. This would impose even harsher job losses, wage reductions and spending cuts."

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Feb
11
2012

"انطلقت مسيرة طلابية، السبت ١١ فبراير ٢٠١٢،تضم عشرات من طلاب مدارس الجزويت، السكريكور، جولاج دولاسل ورمسيس، وتحركت المسيرة من مدرسة الجزويت بمنطقة رمسيس في طريقها إلى شارع صلاح سالم لتنضم لمسيرات طلابية أخرى قادمة من منطقة هليوبليس.
وشارك في المسيرة، بجانب الطلبة، عدد من المدرسين المنضمين إلى الإضراب، وانضم إلى المسيرة عدد من أهالي التلاميذ، وقادوا سياراتهم بمحاذاة المسيرة"

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"Class collaboration between the Egyptian military junta and their neo-political allies, the Muslim Brotherhood, now confront the people standing for democracy. One year ago, the matrix of collusion was not evident to many. One year ago, the actors on the Egyptian political stage had different robes. "

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"Unions in Greece have
launched a two-day general strike against planned austerity measures, a
day after the country's crucial international bailout was put in limbo
by its eurozone partners."

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"This loan shark says, make them pay, beat them until they pay everything, but don't beat them so hard that they can't keep paying. That loan shark says, if you don't make an example of this one, the others won't respect you. Beat them to death. And it is between these two poles that the bankers, ratings agencies, and EU leaders oscillate."

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Feb
6
2012

"Health workers in Kilkis, Greece, have occupied their local hospital and have issued a statement saying it is now fully under workers control. "

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"تميز هذا الكتاب بأنه يتعرض بالتحليل التاريخي الشيق لعدد من الإضرابات الكبرى في تاريخ الحركة العمالية ويقارن بينها في ضوء التأسيس النظري لمفهوم “الإضراب العام” الذي طرحته روزا لوكسمبورج في بداية القرن الماضي لدى تقييمها لتجربة الإضراب العام في روسيا 1905."

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Jan
31
2012

طالبت مؤسسة “أولاد الأرض” لحقوق الإنسان بإسقاط قانون تجريم الإضرابات, وسرعه إصدار قانون الحريات النقابية, وتطهير اللجنة الإدارية المؤقتة التي تدير الاتحاد الرسمي من الفلول وأعضاء الحزب الوطني, ووضع حدين أدنى وأقصى للأجور بما يكفل حياه كريمة للعمال والموظفين ويكفل تقريب الفروق بين الدخول, وتثبيت كافة العمالة المؤقتة, وتعديل قانون العمل 12 لسنة 2003 بما يضمن استقرار وأمان علاقات العمل والحد من سلطات صاحب العمل في شأن قرارات الفصل, وإقرار معاش بطالة لكافة المتعطلين عن العمل, وإيقاف سياسة الخصخصة التي بددت ثروات الشعب المصري.

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Jan
22
2012

On 30 January, only five days into the revolution, the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions was born, the first such federation to be established since the union movement was monopolized by the state-controlled Egyptian Trade Union Federation in 1957. Since then, some 300 independent unions have been established nationwide, with a reported membership of nearly two million workers.

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