Workers of the co. Alexandria for Tires "Pirelli" on strike
Either we got their rights, or fire us like them
Alexandria, M. Ramleh In front of Italian consulate
We're coming to make a sit-in in front of the consulate
The italian company refused to pay our last month salary
and fired 5 from our union committee
cause they're demanding workers rights involving the benefits and the bonuses
We're striking since 10/06
and at the beginning of the strike
there were a sit-in on 29/05
And they cut the supplies in the factory
So the workers went out to join the ones standing in front of administration
He filed a case against the unionists and workers
accusing them of the loses of 52 million pounds
despite it was the administration who cut the supplies
The result is that we have now 1200 families with no income
because of the administration arrogance
We encourage the investment in Egypt
but we refuse this one that goes against law
and must respect laws and workers
in order to make the business walk
We're demanding to abolish this decisions
of firing the unionists at this time
leaving 1200 families without incomes
Alexandrian Co. for tires "Pirelli"
We go on with our strike and sit-in
till all our demands are met
and specially our last one, that came after 5 workers were fired out
3 from the union committee and 2 colleagues
and this was unjust
and this was illegal and void
and we hope that they will get they're rights going back to work
But we say something to the egyptian direction
and to the one in Italy
that workers will never let they're 5 colleagues fired
and we won't talk to the direction and won't get anything
unless our colleagues come back to work in first place
and then we're gonna start talking about our rights and everything
cause we're all together!
We're all together in one hand!
Egyptian law says that 10% from the benefits
have to go to the workers
Last year, company beenfit's were 130 million pounds
so workers should get 13 million pounds
we only got 9 million
there are 4 millions nobody knows where they are
Is the multinational Pirelli against the human ethics?
We are expecting from the investor
to be an investor, nor a colonizer
The investor agreed with the old corrupted government
Atef Ebeid's one,
that the exports are send by factory price
any company in the world should support the benefits to their workers
We're notÉ. we export around 70% of our production
and workers are getting nothing at all
cause the production is being exported with the factory price
I want to send a message to the new president
to be with us and to help us
cause we're the core of the whole nation
We ask to the European Unions the put pressure
to bring egyptian worker's rights
cause we're getting no rights from the investor
cause he takes us like slaves on the dark planet
we don't know why cause we do effort
The whole world developed but us...
our colleagues in Europe are at the highest level of living
We're not asking thatÉ
We only want our rights and the application of law
Any company in the world is sustained by the people who rises up
nobody else
how come an investor or an engineer will rise it up?
It's impossible
It's all about workers and technicians
Daily workers, that lost their rights, nobody is talking about them...
No director or engineer at all...
I come every day, leaving my home and kids
staying here
all night long
coming back home to sleep the whole day
being sick to reach the end of the month and find the engineer
writting sanctions to my salary
and me asking him about this penalty
and he replies me "Is like that"
And you go the the director and see 100% penalties
120% penalties
and he's taking all this sanctions from the workers
to give it to the directors who are sitting on the AC without feeling it
we're dying downstairs!
The hot is eating us! Our brains are not working any more!
We don't see our kids!
We're not able to be with them!
If we're not working, we're sleeping or we're sick
laying on the bed
When I fall down, He tells me "you make yourself sick"
And instead of giving me a "sickness" he gaves me a "penalty"É
I beg him to give me a sick's day-off
and I have to negotiate a salary-discount with him
You see this people treating us like if we were their slaves
This people didn't feel the revolution...
When we're gonna feel it?
We're on strike and we're gonna continue
our voice increased with the demonstrations outside
in front of the italian consulate
and we're gonna keep going
our voice went and it will stay back for years
but it's unacceptable to do this to us again
we have rights and we will take them
and who wants to invest in Egypt is wellcome...
but must respect egyptian workers's rights
if we must strike for 2, 3 monthsÉ We have no problem
but the result will come
We're all together! We're all one hand!
Alexandria - June 2012