AFL-CIO Report: Justice For All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in Egypt

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AFL-CIO Report:
Justice For All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in Egypt

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS






















































The Solidarity Center wishes to thank the principal author of this study, Dr Joel Beinin,
Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History at Stanford
University, who was an independent consultant on this project, as well as Research Assistant
Marie Duboc, PhD candidate in Sociology at the School of Advanced Social Sciences Studies
(EHESS), University of Paris and researcher at the CEDEJ in Cairo. The Center would also like
to acknowledge Lance Compa, Senior Lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and
Labor Relations, for his ongoing guidance for these publications and his assistance in the review
of this report; and Chantal Thomas, Professor of Law at Cornell University Law School (and former
chair of the Department of Law at the American University in Cairo), for reviewing the content
of this report and providing input.

Fay Lyle from the Solidarity Center’s Global Outreach Office was the executive editor of this
report in the Justice for All series on worker rights, and Michael Slackman was the copy editor.
Michelle Woodward was the photo editor. We acknowledge the contributions of Solidarity Center
staff Heba F. El-Shazli and Erin Radford, and Marian Fadel, human rights and worker rights
activist, for their research and follow-up efforts to ensure accurate and timely results.We also
thank AFL-CIO and Solidarity Center staff who reviewed content, provided substantive and
editorial input, and made helpful suggestions.

Most of all, we express our gratitude to the workers in Egypt, whose daily struggle for fundamental
worker rights and human rights is the reason for writing and publishing this report. Their courage
and determination inspires us all.

This report is dedicated to the memory of Yusuf Darwish (1910-2006), a tireless fighter for the
rights of Egyptian workers.

Note: This report discusses some situations and events in a general context. This reflects our foremost concern, which is to exercise
sensitivity and discretion toward organizations and workers in Egypt. Field interviews were conducted throughout 2008 and 2009.
Workers' requests for anonymity were honored.

Read the report in PDF format at:

http://solidaritycenter.org/files/pubs_egypt_wr.pdf