Cement, textile workers strike over grievances

Workers from the Misr-Beni Sueif Cement Company on Tuesday went on strike after a colleague was accidentally killed while operating heavy machinery.

Workers complain that the company does not adhere to industrial safety measures and lacks emergency medical equipment.

Meanwhile, in Mahalla, 80 workers from the Al-Baraka Textile Company also declared a strike, claiming they had not received salaries since last November.

In Daqahliya, nurses at the Mansoura International Hospital also went on strike because they had not received pay bonuses.

In Sharqiya, residents of the village of Awlad Salama protested against a government decision to build a sewage station in the middle of a residential area. The station is part of the government's "1000 villages" development plan, currently being carried out by the ruling National Democratic Party.