Introduction
Nine labor and social protests have been monitored during the first half of October 2021.
Of which, four protests are labor and five are social.
First: Social Protests:
Kind of protests | Number of protests | Details of the protest | The geographical region | The protesting sector |
Collective complaint | 1 | A collective complaint filed by high school (Thanawyia Amma) students regarding the second round exams’ complaints | Cairo – Office of the Ministry of Education | Students sector |
Collective complaint | 1 | A collective complaint filed by the parents of Preparatory school students in Aswan regarding the governor’s decision to repeat the admission tests for nursing schools | Aswan – Edfu | Residents and residential neighborhoods sector |
Gathering | 1 | Hundreds gathered in front of the Derb Negm police station in Sharqyia governorate to protest against the seizure of under the pretext of investment | Al-Sharqyia governorate – Derb Negm city | Residents and residential neighborhoods sector |
Collective complaint | 1 | A collective complaint filed by Qus city’s residents protesting the lack of a pedestrian bridge for school children | Qena governorate – Qus city | Residents and residential neighborhoods sector |
Collective complaint | 1 | A collective complaint filed by parents regarding the issue of overcrowded classrooms in schools and the lack of enough seats | Qalyubia governorate – Khanka | Residents and residential neighborhoods sector |
Second: Labor and professional protests:
Kind of protests | Number of protests | Details of the protest | The geographical region | The protesting sector |
Protest vigil | 1 | Employees at the Alexandria Pharmaceutical Company organized a protest to demand the payment of annual profits | Alexandria- Seiouf | Business sector |
Protest vigil | 1 | Employees at Sayed Pharmaceutical Company organized a protest to demand the payment of annual profits | Giza- Haram | Business sector |
Protest vigil | 1 | Employees at Assiut Pharmaceutical Factory organized a protest to demand the payment of annual profits | Assuit- Manfalout | Business sector |
Strike | 1 | Workers at Universal Company went on another strike to protest the company’s delay in implementing the collective bargaining | Giza- 6th of October City | Private sector employees |