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Terbutaline as a treatment for premature labor is an off-label use not approved by the US FDA, who have warned that oral terbutaline is not effective and can cause severe heart problems or death, and while injectable terbutaline can be used for premature labor in emergency situations in a hospital setting, it should only be used for short ...
In February 2011, workers dissatisfied with the refusal of the leadership of the ETUF to support the Arab Spring protested outside the offices of the union.. The ETUF was founded in 1957 as a state-controlled union.
Following Egypt's formal independence in the mid-1950s trade unions were incorporated into state structures and only one officially recognised national centre existed. Starting in the 1970s and intensifying dramatically during the first decade of the 21st century, an independent, organised (but unofficial) labour movement took root in the country.
A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. This can include wildcat strikes , which are done without union authorisation, and slowdown strikes , where workers reduce their productivity while still carrying out minimal working duties.
The Egyptian Democratic Labour Congress (EDLC) is an independent national trade union centre formed in 2013. [1] Following the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 large numbers of independent trade unions emerged.
In the fall of 1939, a wave of layoffs affected the workers in Egypt, parallel to staggering cost of living and decline in real wages. GFLUKE launched protests against the layoffs, demanding government action. The country being under martial law, the government responded by curtailing the abilities of GFLUKE to function. In the end, the ...
In December 2024, Egyptian authorities agreed to accelerate the divestment of state-owned companies to secure a $1.2 billion package from the IMF to improve macroeconomic stability. [ 2 ] The following is a list of key state-owned enterprises in Egypt, and a number of their subsidiaries.
The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU, also referred to as the Egyptian Independent Trade Union Federation [1]) was the first independent national trade union center to be founded following the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Previously, independent trade unionism was illegal and almost all trade unions were under government control.