[act-ma] Workers in Egypt Fight for Minimum Wage, Unions, Political Rights - Militant Labor Forum, Sat. March 1

[Boston Militant Labor Forum]

The Militant Labor
Forum Presents --

Workers In
Egypt Fight For Minimum Wage, Unions, Political Rights
Books about
working-class struggles popularat Cairo
book fair
     A strike by 20,000 textile workers
in the city of Mahalla, Egypt, began February 10 as workers fight for a raise
in the minimum wage, payment of back wages, and other demands.  Strikes have spread involving public
transport workers, doctors, pharmacists, journalists, metal laborers and
others.  
      Workers have been a prominent force in social struggles, from
the strikes of textile workers in 2006, to the mobilizations in Tahrir Square
that led to the ouster of the Mubarak regime in January 2011, through the
toppling of the Muslim Brotherhood government of President Mohammed Morsi in
June last year. As a result, working people throughout Egypt have gained more
confidence to act politically, fight for unions and press their demands.
      Tens of thousands attended the Cairo International Book Fair,
January 22-February 6, 2014, the largest cultural event in the region.
Pathfinder Press, a U.S.-based publishing house that produces books on
revolutionary working-class politics, participated in the fair for the first
time. 
 
SPEAKER:  Paul
Mailhot, Socialist Workers Party and worker correspondent for the Militant who helped to organize the
participation of socialist workers from the US, UK, Greece, and Canada in the
Cairo book fair.
Saturday,
March 1  /  Sabado, 1 de Marzo
Dinner/Cena - 6:00 p.m. 

Program/Programa - 7:00 p.m.
Militant Labor Forum Hall / Local
del Foro Militante
13 Bennington St., 2nd floor, East Boston
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