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March 2008 is going to be a very busy month in strikes and protests. Everyday now there is news about a Strike here or other across the republic as I said over and over on a daily basis , workers and employees mainly from the public sectors and privatised companies.
This month March Egypt will see important strikes
On the next 15th of March Doctors across Egypt will strike on that day demanding to raise their official minimum salaries and wages "Cadre" . The strike is planned by the Doctors' syndication after the negotiations with cabinet represented in the Health ministry has failed. Imagine the impact. The syndication demands that the minimum salary for the doctor will be L.E 1000
Already do you know what is the minimum Salary in Egypt ?? It is L.E 400 according to Dr.Hamdy El-Said ,the head of the doctors' Syndication and sometimes it is lower , do you know how much is it in American dollar ?? It is about US $ 72 !!!!
Do they have the right to strike ?? Yes they do
The Prime Minister Nazif is against the strike and says that they can't do it ,the clash between him and the doctors reached to its highest level , he will use articles in the law that ban strike in the public sector and service to prevent the doctors from strike in the public hostpital , it is a dilmma I believe because you do not know how many people will need a doctor in those public hosptials on that day and on the other hand these doctors need better salaries to secure their life.
By the way the prime minister's son who was graduated from two years only takes L.E 50,000 per month in his job in the smart valley !!
I think this strike will be followed on the 21st of March by the dentists strike "I will check about it from my dentist"
The big strike ,the most controversial is the one planned on the next 23rd of March by the Universities professors represented by the widely respected movement of University professors "9th Of March" . The movement includes many famous and respected professors from universities all over Egypt , mainly from the public universities like Dr.Aida Seif El-Doula ,Dr.Abu El-Gar and Dr.Yahia Kazaz .
This respected movement calls for an end to the security interfere in the University and the academic life which brought nothing except disaster to the public universities
They are also calling for better salaries to the professors , better pensions and better health insurance.
All these Strikes are calling for simple demands ,already these demands are the basic needs of any person :better life conditions and better work conditions
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