Iran: Teachers strike joined by factory workers
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Mar 12 2007 11:45
On Monday 5th March, about 100,000 teachers went on strike. On 8th March 10,000 teachers staged a picket outside the Parliament building in Tehran demanding justice and better wages.
Israeli general strike called off as negotiations begin
Submitted by Ed on Feb 27 2007 19:49
The public sector strike scheduled to begin Wednesday morning has been postponed indefinitely, Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini decided Tuesday after meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Records of the strike in Egypt under Ramses III, c1155BC
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 26 2007 11:52
A contemporary document recounting the first ever recorded labour strike, which occured in Deir el Medina, Ancient Egypt during the reign of Ramses III when workers did not receive their rations.
Egypt's wildcat strike wave continues unabated
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 21 2007 10:49
As reported previously on libcom, tens of thousands of workers in Egypt continue to defy their unions and the government in the nation's state-owned industries to strike and occupy their workplaces.
Deported Iraqi refugees beaten on return
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Feb 16 2007 19:45
Reports say Iraqi refugees, forcibly deported from Britain, were beaten by Special Police (Asayish) as soon as they stepped off the plane in Erbil.
Unprecedented strike wave sweeps Egypt
Submitted by Ed on Feb 14 2007 11:37
A wave of unprecedented strikes by disgruntled workers has swept Egypt this week.
Israel's Ashdod port wildcat strike ends
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 6 2007 13:51
A two-day wildcat strike in defiance of bosses and unions at the Ashdod port ended on Friday with a return to work.
Lebanon, Iran and the ‘Long War’ in the ‘Wider Middle East’
Aufheben analyse the long-term geopolitical aims of the US in the Middle East, following the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran in July 2005.
Workers strike at Iran's largest shipbuilding company
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Jan 31 2007 14:58
On January 30, 2007, the entrance to the Iran Sadra (SADRA- Iran Marine Industrial Co.) in its Bushehr Yards Ship Building was shut down by about 150 workers of the company in the City of Bushehr who were protesting the sacking of 38 of their colleagues as well as the short temporary contracts.
Egyptian railway drivers on strike
Submitted by Ed on Jan 23 2007 18:34
Last Saturday (20 January), at 12 noon, railway drivers of the railway agency announced the beginning of a strike in protest of the continued enforcement of article 18 of the bylaws considering the replacement of drivers suffering chronic illness.
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