From Egypt, Hossam El Hamalawy [1] reports: “Around 1000 workers at the Telephone Equipment Manufacturing Company in Helwan are on strike since yesterday, demanding their annual shares of profits. The strikers took a number of the management’s engineers hostages on Sunday [2] and released them at night.”
Egypt: Helwan telecom equipment makers on strike
· Written by Amira Al Hussaini
Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Egypt, Labor, Protest