La loi égyptienne limitait depuis 1959 l’appartenance syndicale à un syndicat unique très contrôlé par le pouvoir et depuis la libéralisation économique en 1990, davantage au service des employeurs que des employés.

The Center for Trade Unions and Workers Services (CTUWS) - Honored the French Republic’s Human Rights Prize- is an Egyptian non-governmental organization established in March 1990 by some labor leaders and activists guided by their experience in the Egyptian labor movement. They vowed to meet the urgent need to form an independent organization that advances and supports the needs of workers in a democratic manner, provide direct support and services to the workers and fill the void created by the “official” trade union organization which failed to achieve its fundamental obligations

Cairo/ Egypt Helwan- 1 (A) Mohammed Said Ahmed st.- Petrogas buildings- Alexandria building- Second Floor – Apartment No. (2)

P.O. Box. 114 Helwan Tel & Fax : (202) 25593932 / 25593929 E-mail : ctuws.ctuws@gmail.com ; ctuws@link.net

Website : http://ctuws.jeeran.com