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Cairo,
Arab Republic of Egypt
We have learnt of the Egyptian Cabinet’s decision of 23 March to declare all strikes and
demonstrations illegal. This is a fundamental attack on workers’ rights and the
Revolution itself. This must and will be resisted.
We, workers from the London Transport Underground Railway, condemn the Cabinet’s
decision and send our solidarity to you (see attached).
We also wish to send our greetings and congratulations to the formation of the newly
established independent union in the General Transport Authority. Solidarity is the
bedrock of trade unionism. Solidarity knows no artificial national boundaries. Workers of
the world unite.
Unjum Mirza
Political Officer
London Regional Council, RMT
The Egyptian people showed immense courage in overthrowing the dictator Mubarak.
They braved armoured cars and bullets in order to win freedom and social justice. We
call on Egypt's current military and civilian rulers to respect the Egyptian people's
democratic rights, including the right to protest and strike. We call on the Egyptian
cabinet to reverse its decision of 23 March 2011 to criminalise protests and strike action
and to threaten those 'inciting' such action with imprisonment or huge fines. We demand
that the British government cease to provide assistance, arms or equipment to the
Egyptian army and security forces which could be used to repress strikes and protests.
We send our greetings to our brothers and sisters in Egypt's independent trade unions,
and pledge that we will not stand by while their rights are under threat. We will mobilise
whatever solidarity we can to support their struggle for political freedom and social
justice.
We salute the creation of the independent public transport workers' union on 24 March
2011 and send our greetings to its members and leaders.