Egypt is a dictatorship, controlled for decades by Hosni Mubarak, pro-Western leader and key ally of Israel. Currently his regime, corrupt and repressive, is in crisis.
In recent years the country is experiencing a wave of older workers' struggles, which began with a mass strike in December 2006 huge plant in Mahalla textile, in the Nile Delta. The regime's response to this new movement has been predictable: the repression and torture in detention. However, they have not managed to break the fighting, for freedom of association, for democracy, for social justice, solidarity with Palestine ...
On April configured the union of tax collectors Egypt. 14 months of struggle, beginning with a break of eleven days were necessary for the configuration of the first free trade union in Egypt since 1957. The collectors' union, Union of Egyptian Tax Real Estate Tax Authority Employees (URETAE) - represents, thus, the first experience of working legally recognized organization in Egypt beyond the vertical union and single system governing trade union in the country for over half a century. Despite the steps made, the Egyptian regime is still working to turn this legal recognition that it is fragile and unstable. This is not an isolated struggle, as part of a general demand in the country for the acceptance of free trade unions and social and political change in Egypt. The undersigned
congratulate and express their support and solidarity to the newly established Union of Tax collectors in Egypt, and and the rest of mobilizations for the establishment of a trade union pluralism, democracy and social justice in the country.
On April configured the union of tax collectors Egypt. 14 months of struggle, beginning with a break of eleven days were necessary for the configuration of the first free trade union in Egypt since 1957. The collectors' union, Union of Egyptian Tax Real Estate Tax Authority Employees (URETAE) - represents, thus, the first experience of working legally recognized organization in Egypt beyond the vertical union and single system governing trade union in the country for over half a century. Despite the steps made, the Egyptian regime is still working to turn this legal recognition that it is fragile and unstable. This is not an isolated struggle, as part of a general demand in the country for the acceptance of free trade unions and social and political change in Egypt. The undersigned
congratulate and express their support and solidarity to the newly established Union of Tax collectors in Egypt, and and the rest of mobilizations for the establishment of a trade union pluralism, democracy and social justice in the country.
Group solidarity with union struggles in Egypt
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