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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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Global Voices Online » Egypt: Waves of Workers' Strikes - 0 views
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Social Media and Egypt's strike wave...
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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Freddy Deknatel: Blogging Egypt's Factory Strikes - Politics on The Huffington Post - 0 views
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Blogs and workers strikes in Egypt...
Revoltology!: Strikes And Our Permanent Revolution in Egypt - 1 views
Egypt and beyond: "This country is on the brink of a revolution" - 0 views
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Per reports on the 10th of Ramadan City Textile Strike
Global Voices Online » Egypt General Strike 2008 - 0 views
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Now Egyptian bloggers are working around the clock to tell the world about the workers' revolt that is shaking their country, as thousands rally for a better life. They are at the frontline of unrest, which has so far left five people dead, scores injured and an undetermined number of online activists, organisers, politicians and mere spectators behind bars. Their coverage comes in the form of blog posts, YouTube videos, Twitter feeds, Flickr shots, Facebook messages and all other online tools they can get their hands on. The battle continues.
Protests continue in Yemen, Algeria and Morocco as strikes banned in Egypt - Africa, Wo... - 0 views
YouTube - اعتصام موظفى التامين الصحى بمدينة نصر فى القاهرة - 0 views
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Video from 10 February, showing medical workers on strike in support of the revolution.
مطالب العمال في الثورة | مركز الدراسات الاشتراكية - مصر - 0 views
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Strike leaders from different sectors issue a unified statement re the working class demands in the Egyptian revolution.
رضوان : المطالب الفئوية تخطت الحدود - 0 views
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Finance minister claims economy was "performing well before the revolution," and criticizes strikes
Egypt: enough empty promises|17Sep11|Socialist Worker - 0 views
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On Thursday of last week the minister of labour was in marathon negotiations with textile workers’ leaders representing 22,000 workers at the giant mill in Mahalla al-Kubra. The minister bargained desperately—narrowly avoiding a strike that would have brought out most of the textile sector
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the correction of the path of the revolution”. Five feeder marches set off from the city’s working class districts to the square after prayers.
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At the same time, 40,000 teachers were gathering outside parliament. “Meet our demands or no school this year” read their banners
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EGYPT: Military says strikes hurting economy, won't be tolerated | Babylon & Beyond | L... - 0 views
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Mubarak's generals warn strikers