Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 41.233.152.49 (talk) at 08:59, 12 July 2021. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) is a trade union based in Cairo, Egypt.

History and profile

The Egyptian trade union movement is formed from three levels , the top is the Egyptian Trade Union Federation ( ETUF ) , the second are the general trade unions and the third are the trade union committees . ETUF has been created in 1957 as the only federation for workers in Egypt , it currently has 27 general trade unions for all the work sectors .Each general trade union has one member representative at the council of directors of ETUF. A new law for the trade union organization has been issued in 2017 which allows to create parallel trade union organization and to apply the ILO convention No.87 . ETUF as the other national federation is tasked to defend the worker’s rights and to protect them and be the voice of the working class , so it is represented at the Egyptian House of Representatives ( Parliament ) by 4 members who head the labor committee that prepare and discuss all the laws related to workers such as the law No.213 , Year 2017 of trade union organizations and freedom of association , law of Civil Servants , Law of Social Insurance , law of Labor ( has not been issued yet) and all the other workers matters. In each Egyptian governorate there is a local federation . ETUF has an Educational Workers Association , Social Association , and a resort ( sanatorium) of 360 apartments located on the Mediterranean Sea .

. During the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 ETUF leaders were active in defending the Mubarak regime, including participating in attacks on peaceful protestors.

References

1. Adly, Amr. "Low-Cost Authoritarianism: The Egyptian Regime and Labor Movement Since 2013". Carnegie Middle East Centre. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
2. Bassiouni, Mustafa. "Reforming Egypt's State-Led Trade Union: A Cautionary Tale". Al-Akhbar. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

This article related to an African trade union is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This Egypt-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Use dmy dates from February 2011
• 1957 establishments in Egypt
• Trade unions established in 1957
• Trade unions in Egypt
• International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions
• Organisation of African Trade Union Unity
• Economy of the Arab League
• African trade union stubs
• Egypt stubs