Posts Tagged ‘علي فتوح’

VIDEO – Public Transport Workers Strikes إضرابات عمال النقل العام

In court في المحكمة

Ali Fetouh in court awaiting the verdict. He was acquitted…

Public Transport Worker عامل بالنقل العام

Public transport worker holding a banner in solidarity with Ali Fetouh, on Saturday, in front of the State Council…

Public Transport Worker عامل بالنقل العام

Public transport worker holding a banner in solidarity with Ali Fetouh, on Saturday, in front of the State Council…

No to repression لا للظلم والقهر والاستبداد

Public transport workers demonstrating outside the State Council on Saturday, in solidarity with the president of their independent union Ali Fetouh…

Public Transport Worker عامل بالنقل العام

Public Transport worker, standing in front of the State Council, in solidarity with his colleague Ali Fetouh…

Ali Fetouh علي فتوح

Ali Fetouh, president of the independent union of public transport workers…

Court drops charges against leading trade unionist رفض دعوى رئيس النقل العام وتبرئة علي فتوح من تهمة التحريض

Ali Fetouh, president of the independent union of public transport workers, hugging his colleagues following his acquittal of charges of “inciting strikes.”

Egypt’s labor movement under attack

In the first three weeks of June, at least 22 workers and farmers have been interrogated by the military prosecutor and/or referred to military courts, according to the Awlad el-Ard NGO.

On Saturday, 10 am, activists will be holding a protest in front of the State Council, in Dokki, in solidarity with Ali Fetouh, the president of the independent union of public transport workers, who is undergoing trial over charges of “inciting strikes.” Fetouh has also received international support from trade unionists in the UK.

The continued crackdown on the labor movement is taking place while the International Labor Organization is awarding our military junta by taking Egypt off its black list. For the ILO, it seems, military tribunals and anti-strike laws mean nothing other than the Egyptian workers are now free.

Trade union leader trial adjourned

The trial of Ali Fetouh, the president of the independent union of public transport workers, has been adjourned to 4 June…