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For the "little people" in the suburbs of Cairo, freedom and democracy take abstraction. Bread, a roof, a job: that claim that the humble. 15/02/2011, RIA Novosti
: All analysts both in and outside the region, noting that long Middle East, or even a larger scale, various accumulated problems: social, economic, intra-national and intra-regional trade.

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Faced with a wave of social movements affecting a range of key activities, banking to tourism, the military urged the workers to resume work to reduce the consequences economic revolution.

In a context of popular resentment against inflation and the harshness of life, the army will have to observe a subtle balance between its desire to put the country back to work and strive to dispel the persistent doubts about his intention to hand over power to civilians.
Taking advantage of a newly won freedom of expression, workers from various industries have demonstrated on Monday in Cairo and other Egyptian cities to demand higher wages and better working conditions. Since the fall of Mubarak strikes, demonstrations and sit-ins in particular affect the public sector, including the Cairo Stock Exchange, textile and metallurgical industries, the official media, post and railways. 16/02/2011,
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Protests continued Wednesday in Egypt, despite warnings from the army against the consequences of strikes and rallies on the return to normal and efforts to improve the economy. Hundreds of employees at the Cairo airport have begun to protest in the terminal for arrivals to demand better wages and health coverage. A
Mahalla al-Kubra, the Nile Delta town, workers at the largest textile factory Egypt went on strike to demand higher wages and an investigation into suspected corruption within the institution.

At Port Said at the entrance of the Suez Canal, a thousand people marched to demand the closure of a chemical plant, which discharges its waste into a lake near the city.

16/02/2011, AFP- L'Express :

work stoppages and rallies were reported Wednesday in many places, especially in the Nile delta, the cities along the Suez Canal, the Cairo and the second largest city, Alexandria. The banking sector was also disrupted, forcing the Cairo Stock Exchange to remain closed at least until Sunday.
staff of the public company Misr Spinning and Weaving, which employs about 24,000 people in Mahalla in the Nile Delta, also called the departure of two directors of the factory according Naoucha Faisal, one of the organizers of the strike. A strike was also underway in another large textile factory in Helwan, a suburb south of Cairo. A
Ismailiya on the Suez Canal, the public employees of irrigation, education and health have protested outside the governor to demand higher wages, witnesses said. After suspending
their strike Sunday, employees of the biggest factory in Egypt have resumed their movement Wednesday to demand higher wages and better working conditions, following a warning by the army against the consequences "disastrous" new social movements.

About 40% of Egypt's population lives below the poverty line set at two dollars per day per person. The minimum wage, set last year at about 70 dollars by the government, is close to the poverty line.
17/02/2011, Xinhua

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Behind this facade of calm, the military still faces multiple challenges. Across the country, strikes came after the 18 days of protests, claiming among other things an increase in wages.

Since the beginning of the week, thousands of employees of banks, textile mills, food processing, refineries and government services, leading a strike. The central bank said that banks should remain closed until Wednesday or Thursday. Tuesday outside the headquarters of the Suez Canal Authority, Ismailia, union representatives and employees have claimed an increase in their salaries, according to MENA. 18/02/2011
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Hassan Ibrahim, an electrician and father of three children, hopes that the Egyptian revolution will allow him to turn the page of dark years he lived in fear of not being able to feed his family.
On 28 January he was among the millions of demonstrators marched through the streets of the country, including rising inflation in food prices is one of the fastest in the world, during a protest movement without precedent that was right last Friday President Hosni Mubarak, in power for nearly 30 years. Mubarak's resignation last week was greeted with cries of joy but a week later, the Egyptians, who try to restock, face empty shelves and high prices. As for Ibrahim, he could still see no improvement in their daily lives. The price of food and beverages have already jumped 18% year on year last month while the salary of Ibrahim, himself, was stagnating.

While protesters demanding the departure of the rais, other Egyptians were accumulating reserves items and bags filled with the traditional brown bread Egypt before the curfew. "Prices have increased more day events, everyone rushing to store food during the curfew. " Inflation is a new headache for authorities trying to restore confidence in an economy hit by strikes and closures banks.
Ensuring food supply is more important than Egypt in the past, has seen food riots that led the army to intervene to restore order and distribute supplies.

The country imports half of its domestic consumption and the revolution has occurred against a backdrop of soaring food prices worldwide.
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The Supreme Council of the armed forces to power in Egypt since the fall, February 11, President Hosni Mubarak warned on Friday that he would not allow the continuation of strikes and social movements harmful, he said, to economy of the country. "Legal measures will be taken against (similar movements) to protect the security of the nation and its citizens," state television said Friday quoting a military statement.
"The Supreme Council of the armed forces will not tolerate the continuation of such illegal practices," he warned while saying understand workers' grievances.