After years of grandstanding socialism, Parliament plans to strike at labor union freedoms

It would appear that the House of Representatives may plan to torpedo the Manpower Ministry's Labor Unions Act (which regulates the formation and activities of workers unions). Their gripe? The act allows for greater freedom to form workers unions, said House Manpower Committee member Maysaa Atwa, Al Mal reports. Egypt’s institutions cannot afford more than one worker’s union federation, said Atwa, who adamantly declared that the committee plans to shoot down the bill. After years of grand proclamations for pro-Nasserist and socialist policies, it is interesting to see the sum total of their empty grandstanding.