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| Alexandria businessman shuts factories amid dispute with workers |
| 2013-02-22 |
| [Egypt Independent] Alexandrian businessman Farag Amr announced Wednesday that he would be shutting down a number of his company's factories that produce the "Faragello" foodstuffs brand, in response to strike tactics used by some his workers which the businessman said were "extortion." Amr is the owner of the largest chain of food factories in the North Coast of Egypt. With the recent closure, Amr Group joins the total of 4,550 factories in the private and public sectors nationwide which have been shut down in the political and economic upheaval since 25 January 2011. Many factories have been forced to stop operations due to labor disputes, and others have stopped working due to a lack of fuel amid national shortages. Amr told privately owned satellite channel ONtv Wednesday evening that the decision was made in "exceptional circumstances." He said a small group of workers, led by a driver of a garbage vehicle, had attacked other employees in the company with knives and clubs and forced them out of the factory, forcing them to strike. "We discovered that their only demand is to be paid the profits of 2014 in advance, which is illegal," Amr said. "I have been forced to close the factories in order to save the lives of the people." |
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