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Telemisr workers’ strike over
the firing of Karima Farag,
their representative in
the contributor union
(federation) of work
4, December, 2008
Karima Farag – the workers representative in the contributor
union – exposed on (date) that raw tin from the factory was
exiting the premises without permission. Karima succeeded in
preventing the exit of the cargo until its registration in the
ledgers by calling upon the factory security guards into action.
Because of her actions, Karima was referred for investigation by
That was not the end of the matter as the general proxy,
accusing her of false charges. In her meeting with the legal
affairs department, Karima was threatened and asked to cancel
the general assembly meeting , to which she invited the workers
to discuss what is going on in the company and to submit an
early retirement request. As soon as the examinations were
finished, she fell down and was taken to the Greek hospital (a
hospital called so).The day after her hospitalization, general
proxy issued a decision to suspend her from work, the decision
led to a worker’s strike in the factory, in which the locked the
general proxy in his office, until he issued a cancellation of
the decision.
During the strike Manal, a factory worker, fainted and was
carried to the Om El Masreen hospital in (area/city). It is said
that she is now in the intensive care in a coma, which raised
the events inside the factory.
The signatory organizations consider the general proxy of the
company responsible for all what happened, and are demanding his
removal and punishment . The following organizations announce
their solidarity with the Telemisr factory workers.
The signatory organizations are:
- Hisham Mubarak center for law.
- The coordinated committee for syndicate and labor rights and
freedom.
- New woman foundation.
- Workers for change.
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