A banner raised during NCEDC's strike says: release our detained brothers (Photo: Facebook official page)
Workers at state-owned North Cairo Electricity Distribution Company (NCEDC), which serves 3.8 million people, will return to work on Monday after their detained colleagues were released on Sunday and management retracted a plan to remove certain bonuses, a member of the company’s workers syndicate told Ahram Online.
Workers at NCEDC and 13 of its subsidiaries began a strike last week to demand the release of 17 colleagues who had been arrested during a protest against management plans to remove a 50 percent bonus from their monthly pay packet.
Mohamed Rashad of the company's syndicate said NCEDC had issued a statement on Saturday stating the bonuses would remain in place.
With over 6,000 employees, a strike at NCEDC could disrupt energy supplies to millions of Cairenes.
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