Posts Tagged ‘Cotton’

Industrial Decay

Abandoned cotton ginning mill, Qanater, Photo by Nora Shalaby…

17 textile workers hospitalized

Mar3e called in with the following news: 17 workers from Nile Cotton Ginning Company, who were ordered to be transferred from Menya to Zefta as a punishment for their involvement in the recent series of strikes, are now in the Tanta University Hospital, after the car carrying them to the company’s branch in Zefta got into an accident around 2pm in the village Berma.

Nile Cotton Ginning Co. workers win concessions

One day after their protest was suppressed by the police in front of the parliament, the Nile Cotton Ginning Co. workers have won some concession in an agreement reached with the management, under heavy intervention from State Security police, Labor Ministry officials and parliamentarians trying to contain the one month old strike that has brought to halt the company’s branches in all provinces.

I spoke to one of the company workers in the Mahalla branch. He warned that the management is determined to liquidate the Menya factories and drive its labor force out by early buyouts.