{"id":19609,"date":"2020-10-20T08:45:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T08:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anhri.info\/?p=19609"},"modified":"2020-10-20T09:01:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T09:01:42","slug":"labor-protests-and-social-movements-monitoring-center-from-1-to-15-october-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anhri.info\/?p=19609&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Labor Protests and Social Movements Monitoring Center  From 1 to 15 October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Labor Protests and Social Movements Monitoring Center monitored 12 protests, including 7 labor and professional protests in addition to 5 social protests, during the first half of October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The reporting period witnessed an upsurge in labor protests in more than one sector objecting to the new Unified Labor Law. For example, a number of trade union committees of companies affiliated with the business sector issued statements rejecting this law because it encourages the layoff and dismissal of workers.<\/p>\n<p><b>First: Protesting methods<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Strikes&#8221; topped the list of labor protests took place from 1 to 15 October 2020, followed by &#8220;threatening to strike&#8221; cases, then by &#8220;suicide&#8221; cases in third place.<\/p>\n<p><b>Strikes<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inmates of Istiqbal Tora Prison went on strike starting from Sunday 11 October following the escalation of violations committed by the prison administration against detainees.<\/li>\n<li>Employees at the &#8220;T-Land Sea&#8221; ready-made garment company located in Cairo&#8217;s Obour City went on strike protesting the delayed disbursement of their late salaries.<\/li>\n<li>Employees at the &#8220;Kiriazi&#8221; ready-made garment company located in Cairo&#8217;s Obour City went on strike protesting the delayed disbursement of their late salaries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Sit-ins<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Workers at the Workers&#8217; University sit-in staged a sit-in protesting the non-payment of their wages since last September. The case date back to May 2020 when the university failed to pay wages and salaries and accordingly the university&#8217;s workers organized a sit-in on campus a few days ago demanding the disbursement of their late salaries to meet the burden of living.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Gathering<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dismissed workers gathered at the Libyan Embassy in Cairo demanding their reinstatement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Threatening to stage a sit-in<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fayoum insurance employees waved to organize a sit-in at their workplace to protest the deterioration of their living conditions and the low wages despite working for long years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Egyptian government workers&#8217; union employees protest the non-payment of their wages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Union protests in more than 11 syndicates, including the Union of Iron and Steel Workers in Egypt rejecting the new Unified Law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Protests<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hundreds of residents of North Sinai villages demonstrate to demand their right to return to their homes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Protest vigils<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A protest vigil organized by Zamalek Sporting club&#8217;s members due to the decisions issued by the Olympic Committee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Complaint or petitions:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Workers at &#8220;Sasco&#8221; factory in Al-Sharqiyah governorate filed a report against the administration after the factory was sold without paying their back salaries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Suicide:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A housewife at the city of Santa (Al-Gharbyia governorate) took her life by consuming poisonous cereals due to the accumulation of her &#8220;debts&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Second: The protesting sectors<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The \u2018employees and state workers&#8217; Sector topped the list of protesting sectors with 4 protests, followed by the \u2018metallurgical and security&#8217; sectors with 2 protests each, then came the \u2018Education, spinning and weaving- the insurance and banking- sports&#8217; sectors in third place.<\/p>\n<p><b>Third: Distribution of protests in Egypt&#8217;s governorates<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cairo came at the forefront of the list of the protesting governorates with 6 protests, which is the highest among all governorates, followed by Giza with two protests.<\/p>\n<p>In third place, each of (North Sinai &#8211; Gharbia &#8211; Fayoum &#8211; Sharqyia) governorates shares a protest for each.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fourth: Distribution of protests in Egypt&#8217;s governorates<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Kind of protests<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Number of protests<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Governorate<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ol>\n<li>Gathering<\/li>\n<li>Protest vigil<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Giza<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ol>\n<li>Sit-in<\/li>\n<li>Strike<\/li>\n<li>Threatening to stage a sit-in<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Cairo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Protest<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>North Sinai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Suicide<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Gharbyia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Threatening to stage a sit-in<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Fayoum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Complaints or petitions<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Sharqyia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labor Protests and Social Movements Monitoring Center monitored 12 protests, including 7 labor and professional protests in addition to 5 social protests, during the first half of October 2020. 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