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Egyptian telecom workers have begun strikes and sit-ins across the country to win better pay and conditions. Newspapers report that over 10,000 workers are participating and expressing solidarity with protesters in Tahir Square.



Having resumed work after the curfews were lifted and workplaces reopened, workers in the telecom and post sector started to mobilize for a wage increase in particular over the large gap in pay between lower positions and senior managers. The alleged Mubarak family fortune of $40 billion is said to have triggered workers to mobilize.



The Egyptian minimum wage has remained unchanged since 1984.



5000 postal workers have also protested outside the Egypt Post Authority demanding an end to corruption and appointment to permanent work from temporary contracts.



UNI stands in solidarity with the workers of workers in Egypt as they demand decent pay and conditions, and social and trade union rights.