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February 14, 2011
A few hundred workers, independent unionists and labor activists protested outside the headquarters of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF.)
These protesters and labor activists demanding the trial of Hussein Megawer, ETUF President ,for his role in the armed attack on Tahrir Sq. known as the "Battle of the Camel" - Feb. 2 & 3, 2011.
Protesters also demanding the dissolution of this yellow state-controlled federation.
The state-controlled ETUF, which traces its roots back to 1957, had monopolized Egypt's labor union movement and manipulated it
to serve the interests of the ruling regimes.
Stone collectors and crushers. Stones are dredged from Dholai river in the north-eastern part of Bangladesh. It is a massive stone production center with strings of small companies operating in the area devoid of monopoly by any one company. The stones are then used for constructions in every part of Bangladesh. The day laborers here gets less than 2USD per day, so some workers had their whole family, including their young children to work here to dig up or crush stones.
Workers prepare for the day by filling ice buckets and placing fish out on the street in the Chinatown district of Vancouver, BC Canada.
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On my return from my geology outing, I spotted this composition of workers readying a site for a new development. Today is a bright, sunny day which added contrast between the workers and the rocky, barren worksite.
New York friends tell me Chicago is weirdly clean, and it is in parts. A big reason is workers like this man, who get sent out every couple evenings to power wash the plazas and sidewalks
I spent several minutes trying to get a good shot of him. There was so much mist I couldn't get close, which made it hard, plus there were bushes and planters in the way of several angles. This was the best I could do!