Misr Spinning and Weaving Company

The Spinning and Weaving Misr (Arabic شركة مصر للغزل والنسيج, DMG Sarikat Miṣr li - l - ġazl wa -n- nasīǧ, company " Egypt " for spinning and fabric '; Ghazl al - Mahalla short ) is the largest industrial plant in Egypt. It was founded in 1927. lies in Mahalla al - Kubra, belongs to the textile industry, currently employs (February 2011) 27,000 workers and is owned by the state.

The Director General of the system was from 2007 to early 2011, Fuad Abd al Alim ( different spelling Fouad Abdel Halim Hassan ).

Infrastructure

The factory has workers' estates, cooperatives, a club and a hospital.

History

In her wedding, the factory employed 100,000 workers. 2007 adopted the Egyptian state of the factory all debts.

Strikes

The textile mill was since its foundation always a focal point of the labor movement.

For the first time in 1938 was a strike in the factory in order to achieve a reduction of two 12 -hour shifts on three 8 -hour shifts. This strike marks the beginning of a struggle for fundamental changes in the system. Another strike in September 1947, to allow the target unions in the factory. Tanks stormed the factory to the workers to suppress. Three workers were killed and 17 injured.

Shortly after the seizure of power by Nasser went on strike again in order to sell the company's management. This strike was initially put down brutally by the army. Nasser, however, took advantage of the laborers for his revolution in order to use them against other opposition groups and celebrated in 1952 in the factory the day of work.

1980

Sadat and Mubarak, while no comparable support in the working class, was that in their term of office several times on strike again. Here the strikes in 1986 to enforce a wage increase of 26 to 30 days, and the strike in September 1988 against the deletion of the school grant are particularly worth mentioning were worn at the pictures of Mubarak on coffins in front of the factory gate, and for the first time, "Down with Mubarak " was demanded by the workers. After this strike several labor leaders were arrested and deported to other parts of the country. This suppression was more than 10 years of success.

2000

But since the workers were paid in the factory below the minimum wage set by the Constitutional Court of 1200 pounds, it came again since 2004 a number of strikes.

In December 2006, the strike at the Misr Spinning and Weaving was the starting point for a great strike wave in Egypt. 2007, a factory director was deposed on printing a Member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Also on April 6, 2008, a strike took place, which was supported by Ahmed Maher and Israa Abdel Fattah .. This resulted in a short time the " Youth Movement of April 6 " on their electronic networking work, almost three years later, the revolution in Egypt 2011 significantly supported.

Revolution 2011

Early 2011 was followed by a continuous strike, which coincided with the 2011 revolution. The strikers wanted to achieve the resignation of the director, Fuad Abd al Alim. He was accused of the factory to have deliberately run down.