"The workers are angry!" - Press release from CTUWS, Cairo

CENTER FOR TRADE UNION WORKERS AND SERVICES (CTUWS)
Winner of the Prize of the French Republic for Human Rights

Press Release On 1/2/2011 

The workers are angry!

Tens of thousands of Egyptian workers (men and women) join the Millions Persons demonstration/protest events being organized today in the capital, Cairo, in Alexandria and in other parts of Egypt with the aim of overthrowing the regime.

Meanwhile, the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) in Egypt which has always been against workers ... the federation which has continued to betray the workers since its creation ... the federation has won rigged elections and has always complied with the orders of the Egyptian Secret Service ... the federation dares to go out in the darkness of the night to announce that workers support the current regime, this is the same regime that has been effectively overthrown and actually we are waiting for the departure of one who represents it.

We proclaim loudly that we have turned the page away from this ETUF federation that is full of corruption and despotism when we have turned a new page away from the former regime. Egyptian workers, men and women, announced on January 30, 2011, the creation of the founding committee of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions, determined to build a federation based on the principles of democracy and an organization that will be managed with full transparency. Our new Federation will defend workers' rights and will work to improve their living conditions.

Source: labourStart

A democratic federation in a democratic society.