Egypt's New Military Rulers To Ban Unions, Strikes

[Charleston Chew]

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Egypt's new military rulers issued a warning this week against anyone who creates "chaos and disorder," according to an army source. The Higher Military Council will also ban meetings by labor unions or professional syndicates, effectively forbidding strikes, and tell all Egyptians to get back to work after the unrest that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
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Egypt's military to warn against "chaos and disorder"

Egypt's new military rulers will issue a warning against anyone who creates "chaos and disorder," an army source said Sunday.

The source said the military statement was now expected to appear Monday, not Sunday as the source had said earlier.

The Higher Military Council will also ban meetings by labour unions or professional syndicates, effectively forbidding strikes, and tell all Egyptians to get back to work after the unrest that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

The army will also say it acknowledges and protects the right of people to protest, the source said.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/02/13/uk-egypt-warning-idUKTRE71C1OG20110213

[Charleston Chew]

1. A Soft Military Coup Has Taken Place In Egypt?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x552776

[lob1]

2. This doesn't look good.

[booley]

3. so they will protect the right to protest

unless someone actually protests.

Sigh . While not surprising it is disapointing. I was really hoping Egypt had become free peacefully.

[Sinistrous]

4. Dare we hope the junta holds to its promises of constitutional reform

and elections in the near future (did I read two months?).

[Cleita]

5. If they protect the rights of the people to protest,

it looks like it's time for them to go back to the square until they get everything they want.

[swilton]

6. Now it's time for the real revolution

Change the real power structures rather than tweaking the puppets at the top