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More protests among the railway workers: El-Badeel reports that 70 technicians at the station in Assiut held a sit-in on Saturday, demanding equality with their colleagues working within the administration after the latter had received a bonus that was twice as high. The sit-in ended quickly after the management had promised to realize the demands.

These are some notes I made during the seminar "Workers and the state, the experience of the railway workers" organized by Tadamon on Tuesday

Per reports on Tadamon's event about the Railway Workers...

Protesting railway safety technicians ended their strike Friday after a meeting between the director of the central administration of the Department of Safety, the board of directors of the Egyptian Railway Union and members of State Security.

Strikes in the railways

This is a blatant lie, since protests occurred on several occasions before November, for example in February 2008 and December 2007. But more importantly it's also a sign of the ineffectiveness of the state-controlled union in giving a voice to the workers. If Samy can claim he didn't know of any demands, it's because the union officials refused to transmit the demands and grievances of the workers.

Nearly 200 railway safety technicians are threatening to start a hunger strike to express their growing dissatisfaction with wages and working conditions.

Hundreds of Railway workers staged sit-in yesterday, protesting the high incentives paid secretely to their bosses, and denouncing the re-structural adjustment of the state-owned company.

Report from the Egyptian Workers and Trade Unions Watch on the Railways strike in Bani Suweif

Railway strikers in Bani Suweif continue their industrial action following violent clashes with the police..

Video of the Railway workers strike in Bani Suweif

Video of the Railway workers strike in Bani Suweif

Railway technicians on strike

Railway workers will possibly join tomorrow's protests.

200 Railway workers in Luxor on strike

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Like 2008, this year is witnessing waves of strikes and demonstrations by Egyptian workers in various sectors and organizations. Students, pharmacists, lawyers, railway drivers, media people, and even microbus drivers and street cleaners are all de

The historical court verdict, acquitting all railway strike leaders from charges, affirming the right of workers to strike

Railway workers stage sit in against privatization...