Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
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- Improvements For Sca Employees
drhawass.com For the first time in the history of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) a medical insurance plan has been established for its employees. I was very proud to announce that the plan will be put into effect in January 2011. This insurance...
Egypt
More protests, this time by GEM employees
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
Approximately 40 Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) employees have staged a sit-in outside their administrative headquarters at Al-Remaya Square, saying they would go on strike if the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) did not meet their demands: a bonus every three months and a 15 per cent raise in incentives; they also called for the return of Major General Sameh Khatab, who had directed the SCA’s financial section for five years when Mostafa Amin, the new secretary general of SCA, dimissed Khatab.
Amin’s response to the sit-in was that employees of GEM receive the highest salaries among SCA employees. He told Ahram Online that a committee led by Atef Abul Dahab, the head of the Ancient Egyptian Department, will meet with the protesters tomorrow, reporting their demands, which will be looked into them in the light of SCA regulations.
- Sca To Launch New Antiquities Research Centre
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Within the framework of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)’s efforts to develop the archaeological techniques at its disposal, the council soon plans to inaugurate a new Antiquities Research Centre. According to SCA...
- New Antiquities Head At The Sca, But Protests Continue
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Following weeks of protests, which reached a head last week. One will just have to wait and see what happens next, but it sounds as though Abdel Fattah's resignation may have smoothed the way for Amine to secure finances...
- More Grief At The Sca
The head of the SCA is still in conflict with the government, and SCA employees are now closing sites as part of their protests. I cannot imagine how SCA employees believe that closing sites to tourism is going to improve the finances available to improve...
- Hawass Meets Employees
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) During his meeting today with representatives of the employees of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA), Zahi Hawass as minister discussed the current issues facing the organisation. The meeting discussed how...
- Improvements For Sca Employees
drhawass.com For the first time in the history of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) a medical insurance plan has been established for its employees. I was very proud to announce that the plan will be put into effect in January 2011. This insurance...