Egypt's Long Labor History
Against The Current vol. 142
Said, Atef
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2385
Date Written: 2009-09-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2009
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13553
The Egyptian working class is one of the oldest in the region, with a long history of internationalist solidarity. Egyptian loading and longshoremen workers in 1947, for example, boycotted the Dutch ship in Canal Suez in solidarity with the Indonesian people’s independence struggle. The union of the workers issued a statement against colonialism in general. They did not allow the ship to service or go through the Canal despite the resistance and efforts made by English and French administrators.
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