Representative of the Government: The amendment of the Trade Union Law complies with international standards

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Yasser al-Sherbini, representative of the Ministry of Manpower, said that the draft law submitted by the government on the amendment of the law of trade union organizations and the protection of the right of trade union organization complies with international standards and conventions.

He added that during the meeting of the Labor Party in the House of Representatives on Sunday, under the chairmanship of MP Jibali Maraghi, to discuss the draft amendment of Law 213 of 2017 on the issuance of the law of trade union organizations and protection of the right of trade union organization, and asked for a briefing on the non-application of the Ministry of Manpower, "Egypt is committed to all international conventions on labor and the rights of workers signed by it. The government, when it considered that the law should be amended for the public good, amended it and sent it to the House of Representatives for discussion, P.

The draft law allows workers in any establishment to form a trade union committee of at least 50 workers. It also gives workers in establishments with fewer than 50 workers and workers of professions and crafts the right to form a trade union committee at the city or governorate level. The number of its members shall be 50, in association with other workers engaged in professional or handicraft groups, or similar industries, or linked to one another, or in a single production. The supplementary and complementary professions shall be regarded as part of that industry, Show.

The amendment also stipulates that the establishment of the General Union shall be composed of at least 10 trade union committees, with a membership of at least 15 thousand, provided that the union shall be formed of at least seven trade unions, with a membership of 150,000 workers. the least.