Egypt- The administrative court asserted that the peaceful strike was a right and not a punishable offence, according to Article 15 of the Egyptian constitution. The Court also cancelled the disciplinary sanctions imposed on 17 employees at the post office of Ashmoun in Menoufiya governorate on Saturday. The strike lasted five days from 23-27 February 2014. Article 15 of the Egyptian constitution orders the legislature to organize this right, but the legislature did not regulate the right of strike in terms of the Civil Service Law and, in this case, the investigation suggests that the employees used their right to call for their legitimate rights, such as salaries, incentives, and allowances. In its decision, the court called on the legislature to regulate the right of strike in the Civil Service Law as the labour law regulates this right.The ruling could be used in several cases, and the Civil Service Law ignored regulating the right of the labour strike in addition to several legislations, which ban workers in the public sector from striking.Over the recent years, labour groups working in governmental institutions have not stopped arranging rallies to call for their rights.
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