EGYPT: Employees protest for higher salaries
[Oct 22, 2007] In a largest protest by public sector employees, about 2000 civil servants protested in Cairo on Sunday to demand increase in wages. They want their salary in line with the staff of Finance Ministry, who they say earn more for the same work.
EGYPT: Agreement for exporting textiles without paying trade tariffs
MEM [Oct 17, 2007] Israeli Trade and Industry Minister Eli Yishai visited Egypt on Tuesday to sign the new percentage agreement known as Qualified Industrial Zones Agreement with Egyptian Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid.
EGYPT: Israel and Egypt sign deal to boost textile exports
[Oct 10, 2007] A deal is signed between Egypt and Israel to lower the threshold of Israeli components required in Egyptian products for them to be exported to the United States duty-free. The deal is aimed at boosting exports from so-called Qualifying
EGYPT: Mahalla textile plant workers celebrate victory
[Oct 05, 2007] 27,000 workers of Mahalla textile plant paraded a symbolic coffin of the factory boss, who was forced to resign as part of the deal ending the dispute. They brought drums and homemade placards, set up a sea of tents in the
EGYPT: Textile workers strike ends
[Oct 01, 2007] The weeklong strike at Egypt's largest textile mill was resolved with the government rushing in to find a solution but the underlying causes of the series of strikes over the past year remain.The 27000 employees at the Misr Spinning and Weaving Factory in
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