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Egypt's prime minister gives orders to end Suez Canal workers' crisis Workers continue to protest as anger grows over the refusal to meet their demands
Dr. Essam Sharaf, the Egyptian prime minister, has given orders to the head of the Suez Canal Authority, Admiral Ahmed Fadel, to put an end to the crisis that has arisen from the protesting workers of seven companies affiliated to the Suez Canal Authority. “We were informed of the prime minister's order, which responded to thousands of workers,” said Nasser Othman, the secretary of the Workers Union fund of the Suez Maritime Arsenal Company. He added that he and the workers have made an official complaint against the chairman ofthe board of the Company as he refused to meet the demands of the protesting workers. Ahram On Line, has received a complaint from the protesting workers on the issue, demanding Admiral Fadel to quickly intervene in order to pay the demanded amount for about 1300 workers. The workers started to protest on 3 April. When their demands were not met, the protest quickly developed into a strike. Most of the workers are striking within their respective company's headquarters.
