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The mass strikes of September 2011 paralysed the government and the military
council and opened up the road to the crisis of November. The independent unions
and strike committees which led these strikes are part of what is now probably
the biggest social movement in Egypt (with the possible exception of the Muslim
Brotherhood), and certainly the biggest organised movement with real roots in
the everyday struggles of the poor
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Egypt and beyond: Free union refuse to join state-controlled federation - 0 views
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el-Badeel reports: The head of the state-controlled trade union federation (EFTU), Hussein Megawer, has announced that he would agree to let the free union of the real estate tax collectors join the federation. Union leaders refused this offer, saying they will not enter the official union structure since it is controlled by the ruling party NDP, stressing that they have the right to organize independently according to the Egyptian constitution and international treaties signed by Egypt.
مصر: النقابات المستقلة - لماذا نرفض الإعلان الدستوري | MENA Solidarity Network - 0 views
Egypt: Independent union federation rejects president's power grab | MENA Solidarity Ne... - 2 views
Egypt: Thousands of Mahalla workers march against Morsy | MENA Solidarity Network - 1 views
International Socialism: The Egyptian workers' movement and the 25 January Revolution - 1 views
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Will organised workers move into the leadership of the mass revolutionary movement? This article argues that two conditions for this happening have already been met: the workers’ movement has begun to gain enough mastery over its constituent parts to be able to use its social power in battle with the state, while the demands that are now being raised by this movement cannot be satisfied within the limits of neoliberal capitalism in the context of intensifying economic crisis at a local and global level.
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While the numbers of participants were probably lower than February, the significance of September’s strikes lay in the qualitative shift towards coordinated national and sector-wide strikes.
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