Trade union leaders back #Sisinotwelcome campaign

Trade union leaders Mark Serwotka and Dave Ward confirmed their backing for the campaign against the visit of Egyptian dictator Abdelfattah el-Sisi to the UK following a packed meeting on 29 July against new anti-trade union laws proposed by David Cameron’s Tory government. Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the civil servants union PCS, and Dave…

UK trade unionists support campaign for Mahienour and Egyptian activists

Delegates at the annual conference of the PCS union which represents 300,000 government workers across the UK pledged their support for the international campaign in solidarity socialist activist Mahienour el-Masry, jailed for two years earlier this week for organising a protest. Activists from MENA Solidarity gathered signatures on a giant postcard calling for Mahienour’s release…