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World
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International
12/17/2011 2:28:19 PM
Greek unions warns that the number of jobless will exceed 20 percent next year because of the recession and public sector cutbacks demanded by the country's creditors, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund
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Business
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Economy
12/14/2011 5:20:27 PM
Further rolling back privatization, Prime Minister El-Ganzouri is set to return six land reclamation companies to the public sector
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Business
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Economy
12/11/2011 1:03:01 PM
Interim government makes appeal to unblock a desperately needed $150 billion in order to pay public sector workers and rebuild state institutions
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Business
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Economy
12/4/2011 6:21:58 PM
Austerity in the public sector has to be matched with a crackdown on 'unjustifiable' pay at private firms, says deputy prime minister
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Business
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Economy
12/3/2011 4:53:00 PM
Egypt's current interim prime minister oversaw in the late 1990s the sale of the latest company to have its privatisation blocked by court order, NGO finds
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World
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International
12/1/2011 10:36:14 AM
Two million public sector workers join public strike in England, hailing it as a great success, while the government dismisses the numbers and dubs it a "damp squib"
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World
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International
11/29/2011 12:43:18 PM
General strike expected to take place on Wednesday with more than two million public sector workers expected to protest pension laws, recently ramified by the state
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Business
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Economy
11/2/2011 12:36:19 PM
National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr raised interest rates on Certificates of deposits which might result in an upward adjustment on T-Bills and Bonds
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Business
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Economy
11/1/2011 7:10:19 PM
About 2,500 workers are refusing to work for the sixth day as they demand the same allowances and bonuses as public employees, a measure they claim is stipulated in the textile firm's privatisation contract
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Business
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Economy
10/27/2011 4:06:55 PM
Employees from firms legally returned to the public sector in September stage protests in downtown Cairo to demand swift implementation
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Business
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Economy
10/13/2011 3:04:10 PM
Concerns mount as ruling military holds back on appointing a new head for organisation that monitors government departments and public sector firms
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Business
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Economy
10/8/2011 6:02:34 PM
Minimum wage is expected to be around LE700 per month, in line with public sector's, government ready to declare Sunday
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Business
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Economy
10/6/2011 8:39:34 PM
The recent renationalisation of four Egyptian firms has emboldened workers at formerly state-owned enterprises who long for the stability and security that was sold in the name of the free market
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Business
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Economy
10/6/2011 4:30:17 PM
Hazem El-Beblawi says Egyptian society is not against the private sector but is angered by the corruption and lack of transparency under which business operated in the Mubarak era
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Business
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Economy
10/5/2011 7:35:06 PM
UK trade representatives end two-day visit to Cairo with an offer to collaborate on 'social' PPP projects
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Business
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Economy
9/26/2011 3:54:50 PM
Bus drivers from the Greater Cairo Company join an eight-day-old strike waged by public-sector transport workers
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Egypt
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Politics
9/23/2011 12:03:31 AM
Thursday morning witnessed several protests by discontented public-sector workers as Egypt's labour movement vows to up the ante
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Egypt
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Politics
9/21/2011 6:17:20 PM
Strikes in a wide array of sectors have rattled the political climate in Egypt, spurring commentators and workers alike to foresee and comment on a possible general, nationwide strike
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Business
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Economy
9/18/2011 1:55:00 PM
Sunday witnesses a new wave of strikes, marked by an unprecedented level of coordination and the harmonisation of demands, pushing forward Egypt's nascent labour movement
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Business
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Economy
9/17/2011 5:38:49 PM
Egypt's government approved an incentives raise for teachers that is less than in other public sectors, leaving them unsatisfied and many are striking tomorrow, Sunday, against a badly-deteriorated education system
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