Formation

On 30 January 2011, as part of the 2011 Egyptian protests, a meeting convened in Tahrir square led to the formation of the Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions

Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions

-Formation:On 30 January 2011, as part of the 2011 Egyptian protests, a meeting convened in Tahrir square led to the formation of the Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions in response to the effective State control of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation....

 in response to the effective State control of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation

Egyptian Trade Union Federation

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The founding declaration of the Constitutional Body was issued in the name of the following organisations, as well as various workers’independent groups in industries:

• RETA
• Retired Workers’ Union
• Health Professionals Union
• Teachers’ Independent Union

Name

The new Federation has been referred to by a number of English names since it's inception. This is probably due to the translation from the Arabic.

The different names by which the Federation is known include:

• Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions.
• Egypt Federation for Independent Unions.
• Egyptian Federation for Independent Unions.
• Egyptian Independent Trade Union Federation.
• Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions.

Demands

The first acts of the new Federation were to call for a General Strike in support of the opposition movement's demands for change, and to publish a list of demands for wage reform, welfare reform, workers rights and the release of opposition detainees. These demands received support from a number of Labour organisations internationally, including the International Trade Union Confederation

International Trade Union Confederation

The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...

 and the British Trades Union Congress

Trades Union Congress

The Trades Union Congress is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions...

 Touchstone Blogger, Owen Tudor. In July 2011, the federation called for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions refers to a campaign first initiated on 9 July 2005 by 171 Palestinian non-governmental organizations in support of the Palestinian cause ".....

 (BDS) against Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 and the expulsion of Histadrut

Histadrut

HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael , known as the Histadrut, is Israel's organization of trade unions. Established in December 1920 during the British Mandate for Palestine, it became one of the most powerful institutions of the State of Israel.-History:The Histadrut was founded in...

 from the ITUC, http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=25349 which won the backing of the Congress of South African Trade Unions

Congress of South African Trade Unions

The Congress of South African Trade Unions is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the biggest of the country’s three main trade union federations, with 21 affiliated trade unions, altogether organising 1.8 million workers.-Establishment:COSATU was established in...

(COSATU). http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=5139