Work resumed at the Faraglla processed foodw factories in Alexandria on Saturday, after the management decided to let workers enter production site, said Magdy Abd El Salam, head of the independent workers syndicate at Faragalla group. Mohamed Farag Amer, chairman of Faragalla Group, announced on Thursday the continued closure of all the group's factories in Alexandria amid labour unrest, as the later claimed he was blackmailed by striking workers and thus could not "resume production in such conditions". The head of the independent syndicate Magdy Abd El Salam and 27 other workers have been arrested and put under investigation as the group's management have accused them of violence and the destruction of private property and are currently restricted from entering the factory's premises, according to the Egyptian center for trade union and workers services. 'Upon entering our workplace this morning we have been notified that we were under investigation by the company's board for halting production, shortly after a police force arrested us and up until this moment no charges have yet been pressed against us", Mohamed El Tawil, a worker at Faragalla factories, told Ahram Online. The group's management announced in a press statement that the workers syndicate suspended their strike and that negotiations are currently ongoing between the management on the workers on several issues including higher wages, temporary employment and working hours. Faragalla group is a private-sector company established in 1973 by Mohamed Farag Amer. Under the group there are three separate food processing companies, encompassing 22 production lines, according to the group's website.
