Egypt’s Minimum Wage
From: The Arab News
Written by: Marwa Awad
Egyptian labor groups demanded a big rise in the minimum wage on Saturday to cope with rising prices, and some analysts said they could emerge as an influential force in national elections this year and next. Hundreds of factory workers and office workers protested outside the offices where the Egyptian cabinet meets, to press demands for a national minimum wage of 1,200 Egyptian pounds ($217.9). It has been 35 pounds since 1984.
Last week Egypt's Administrative Court ruled the government must set a minimum wage that takes soaring prices into account, but did not set a figure. Protesters say the government seldom applies the court's rulings.
"All of Egypt's workforce has one, unified demand, and that is raising the national minimum wage of all workers to allow them to cope with the soaring prices" Ahmed Ezzat, labor lawyer from the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights, told Reuters by telephone after the protest.
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