Abdul Zahir: the freedom to join trade unions and the establishment .. and welcome to extend the session of Association 6 months

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 29, 2011 -- Abdul Zahir: the freedom to join trade unions and the establishment .. and welcome to extend the session of Association 6 months
Thu, 29-12-2011 -

Ahmed Abdel Zaher Chairman of the General Federation of Trade Egypt

Dr. Ahmed Abdel Zaher Chairman of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Egypt to the freedom to join trade unions and the establishment of the public through the Egyptian Trade Union Federation also welcomed the decision of the Council of Ministers agreed to extend the session of Association for a period of six months in preparation for the issuance of a decree-law of the Military Council.

He stressed Abdel Zaher that the union with the unit to organize by choice and not imposed by force, pointing out that the EU looks forward to promoting social dialogue between the parties to work three to achieve the legitimate demands of workers for the benefit of the nation and the workers came during the General Assembly Emergency Workers Union to approve the formation of the Governing Council of the new union After the exclusion of non-unionists, attended by both Mustafa Bakri, Deputy Parliamentary and Ibrahim Ghandour, Chairman of the Federation and the Sudan Workers Recep Matouk Secretary-General of the Federation of Arab workers and ILO Representative Mr Rached Khadeem.

Asking for the apparent need to unite all of us during this important phase of the recovery of the Egyptian economy again.

Abdul Zahir and announced the new composition of the labor union, which included the representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood and members of civil society other than the union of the heads of public unions.

Announced that the General Assembly to amend article 87 of the Trade Unions Act, which provides for the formation of the Governing Council of the Federation of Workers to include new members than current members of the Assembly demanded quickly pass a new law for health insurance, rejecting at the same time the Social Insurance Law New also rejected the general assembly of all forms of privatization or sale of companies new companies with the need to restore that returned by court orders.

He appealed to the Union during its general assembly need to focus on technical education and determine the bounds of the maximum and minimum wage and work to encourage and support small and micro to small.

Included the formation of the Union consists of 31 members, which will continue until the election workers after 6 months both the President Ahmed Abdel Zaher and Abdel-Hamid Abdel-Jawad, Secretary General of the Jabali Jabali Mohamed Bayoumi, deputy secretary of the applicable Fund.

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