Egypt
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Politics
6/28/2012 3:53:09 PM
Military junta blamed by majority of Egyptians for problems of transition period; street protests, labour strikes cited as main drivers of positive change by respondents to survey
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Presidential elections 2012
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6/24/2012 7:19:39 PM
Labour lawyer and former presidential candidate Ali heads to Tahrir after the announcement of Morsi as Egypt's new president and calls it a victory for the revolution and a defeat to Mubarak's regime
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World
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International
6/14/2012 7:29:09 PM
A report by international aid organization points out that more than 1.1 million children in Kenya are pushed into labour and highlights concerns over the rights awareness of those working children and their communities
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World
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International
6/12/2012 3:10:45 PM
Police raids in India's capital find many young children working in dangerous conditions; 50,000 children are believed to be employed in the city
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Presidential elections 2012
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Presidential elections news
5/23/2012 8:17:09 PM
The pregnant campaign representative was rushed to hospital after she went into labour at a polling station in Minya
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Egypt
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Politics
5/19/2012 2:13:29 PM
Labour's shadow justice minister says the UK is not doing enough, politically and economically, to support the Arab Spring
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Business
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Economy
5/12/2012 12:14:10 PM
A $650 million deal to modernise Egyptian equipment, plus Saudi and Israeli spending commitments, will provide enough labour hours to keep a struggling Ohio factory open, says the US Army
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Egypt
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Politics
5/1/2012 8:00:11 PM
A new trade unions law is the key demand on 2012 May Day demonstration, as well as other as yet unfulfilled labour rights
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Multimedia
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5/1/2012 6:29:01 PM
Protesters march from parliament to Tahrir Square, celebrating Worker's day and calling for labour and trade union rights
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Business
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Economy
5/1/2012 2:42:44 PM
Labour groups rally across the globe to demand higher pay and voice their opposition to harsh austerity measures
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Business
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Economy
5/1/2012 2:24:27 PM
Gulf state is mulling an independent trade union to push for workers rights, according to reports in Emirate media
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Business
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Economy
5/1/2012 1:11:15 PM
Sixteen months since the uprising, Egyptian labour has won new freedoms and extra pay but there's still a long way to go in achieving true social justice, say activists
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Business
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Economy
5/1/2012 11:42:11 AM
US populist movement plans dozens of actions across the country but doubts remain over turnout, with organised labour declining a call for a general strike
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
4/30/2012 7:42:55 PM
'Female Graffiti' campaign will spend Labour Day in the industrial city of Mahalla to honour female labourers who played decisive role in last year's historical Tahrir Square uprising
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Business
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Economy
4/30/2012 12:20:16 PM
Fiscal belt-tightening and labour reforms are having 'devastating consequences' for global employment, says organisation
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Books
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World
4/24/2012 5:46:36 PM
Journalist Blaine Harden's publishes account of the horrors faced by a young child in a North Korean labour camp
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Business
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Economy
4/20/2012 4:55:46 PM
Ahram Online talks to the regional head of the global labour group about a much-needed shake up in employment policies in the wake of the Arab Spring
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Business
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Economy
4/18/2012 7:19:58 PM
The global economic crisis and political unrest have led the group to upwardly revise its unemployment estimates for the region, says an official at the opening of Cairo conference
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Egypt
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Politics
4/6/2012 11:21:43 AM
The general strike launched in industrial city of Mahalla on 6 April 2008 showed the latent power of the Egyptian labour movement and helped spark the 2011 revolution which brought down the Mubarak regime
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Business
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Economy
4/5/2012 3:38:55 PM
Labour department says benefit applications have dropped by 6,000, bringing them to their lowest since April 2008
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