Thousands of trade unionists and activists have backed a campaign by the global federation of food, farm and hotel workers’ unions, IUF, in solidarity with independent trade unionists at the IFFCO edible oils factory in Suez who were arrested earlier this month. The IUF has sent over 4500 protest emails to IFFCO director, Shiraz Allana…
A dozen leading UK trade unionists released a statement today condemning the latest attacks on workers’ rights in Egypt. Members of the national executive committees of the university workers’ union UCU, civil servants’ union PCS and the National Union of Teachers were joined by Bakers and Food workers’ union president Ian Hodson in a protest…
Dozens of worker activists were reported to have been arrested after Egyptian security forces stormed the IFFCO oils and soap factory in Suez on 3 January to break up a strike over cuts to bonuses. The violent attack on the IFFCO workers is only the latest in a spate of arrests aimed at breaking workers’…
Egypt Solidarity 