List of strikes in Egypt
Throughout Egyptian history, a number of strikes, labour disputes, student strikes, hunger strikes, and other industrial actions have occurred.
Background
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A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. This can include wildcat strikes, which are done without union authorisation, and slowdown strikes, where workers reduce their productivity while still carrying out minimal working duties. It is usually a response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor working conditions. Strikes can also occur to demonstrate solidarity with workers in other workplaces or pressure governments to change policies.
Ancient Egypt
[edit]20th century
[edit]1900s
[edit]- 1906–07 Egyptian taxi protests, including strikes, by taxi drivers.[1]
1910s
[edit]1930s
[edit]1940s
[edit]- 1946 Cairo general strike, general strike in the Kingdom of Egypt after several students were killed protesting against British occupation.[2][3]
- 1948 Egyptian police strike[4][5]
1950s
[edit]1960s
[edit]1970s
[edit]1980s
[edit]- 1989 Helwan strike, strike by steelworkers in Helwan, Egypt.[10][11]
1990s
[edit]21st century
[edit]2000s
[edit]- 2006–07 Egyptian textile strikes, series of strikes at the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company.[15][16]
- 2008 Egyptian general strike
2010s
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Goldberg, Jasper (12 December 2009). "Egyptian cab drivers protest colonial animal laws, 1906-1907". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "The student movement in Egypt over the last century". Middle East Monitor. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ Tarek, Sherif (21 February 2012). "Egypt students mark '46 workers and students anti-British uprising with anti-SCAF marches, protests". Al-Ahram. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ Currivan, Gene (6 April 1948). "20 SLAIN IN EGYPT IN STRIKE OF POLICE; Army on Duty in Alexandria Fires on Mobs -- Nation-Wide Walkout Laid to Low Pay". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "EGYPT POLICE CADETS STRIKE". The Singapore Free Press. 5 April 1948. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Doctors call for strike". The Singapore Free Press. 25 May 1951. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "650 Doctors Strike in Egypt". The New York Times. 16 May 1951. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "The student movement in Egypt over the last century". Middle East Monitor. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Anderson, Raymond H. (25 January 1972). "Egyptian Police Clash With Student Demonstrators". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Cowell, Alan (30 August 1989). "Cairo Accused of Torturing 52 Seized During Strike". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ Lee, Eric (24 August 2012). "Egypt's Unfinished Labor Revolution". In These Times. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ Murphy, Kim (24 June 1994). "Egyptian Lawyers on Hunger Strike Over Colleagues' Jailing". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Murphy, Kim (18 May 1994). "Egyptian Lawyers' March Turns Into Melee". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Egyptian lawyers on strike". The Business Times. 19 May 1994. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Bisgaard-Church, Elliana (29 October 2011). "Egyptian workers strike and occupy textile factory for better pay, representation, and conditions, 2007". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Bisgaard-Church, Elliana (6 November 2011). "Egyptian textile workers strike for bonuses and to protest corruption, 2006". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 29 October 2024.