2:34PM
Sacked activist finally gets his pay cheque
Hossam el-Hamalawy
Ahmad el-Droubi woke up in the morning to a postman knocking on his door. When he opened the letter, it was nothing but a sweet cheque from his former employer that had his unpaid salary and consultancy fees.The cheque Droubi received this morning signifies two things: First, it is an implicit acknowledgement from his company that he was unjustly dismissed. Second, it shows campaigning does work! Yes, Droubi wouldn’t have gotten back part of his rights, if it was not for you dear readers.
On behalf of Droubi, I want to thank everyone who expressed their solidarity and support, and for all those who took the time to write the company management protesting the activist’s dismissal. The fight is NOT over though, as there are still unsettled issues here. One: The dismissal is still unjust, and our friend is still unemployed. Two: We still need a financial compensation for this unjust dismissal. So please dear readers, keep those emails to the management coming, till they do the right thing.
Mabrouk ya Droubster.. We hope we'll hear more good news soon.
On behalf of Droubi, I want to thank everyone who expressed their solidarity and support, and for all those who took the time to write the company management protesting the activist’s dismissal. The fight is NOT over though, as there are still unsettled issues here. One: The dismissal is still unjust, and our friend is still unemployed. Two: We still need a financial compensation for this unjust dismissal. So please dear readers, keep those emails to the management coming, till they do the right thing.
Mabrouk ya Droubster.. We hope we'll hear more good news soon.
Reader Comments (5)
[...] Update: Another piece of good news. Ahmed el Droubi, the activist who was fired from his job, received a compensation from his former company. A big thank you for all those who emailed Worley Parsons. Sending this cheque was an acknowledgement that he was unfairly dismissed. (h/t The Arabist) [...]
Today is a good day.
Big thanks to you Pharaoh, and to your blog readers who joined the solidarity campaign.
[...] Due to some time constraints I won’t be able to post a detailed report on today’s pro-resistance demo, that started at 6pm and ended roughly around 8pm. However, I uploaded some photos of the protest and assaults by police-deployed thugs that I hope you’ll check on my flickr account. I’m totally disgusted by the chocking police presence, and the increasing dependence of our security forces on plainclothes thugs to “keep law and order” during demos. At least one journalist and several demonstrators were also assaulted, but I don’t know their names. Those I could recognize included dpa journalist Jano Charbel, Ahmad Droubi, who were hit by baton wielding thugs, as well as Malek. [...]
[...] I won’t be posting a report on today’s Kefaya pro-resistance demo, as I couldn’t go. But you can check some demo pix here. Jano Charbel of dpa who attended the protest told me he was attacked by security, who took his bag, and returned it without his mobile phone nor the money that was in it. Others were also assaulted including Alaa Seif, and activist Ahmad Droubi. On another note, I won’t be blogging for the coming ten days at least, as I have some personal errands I have to take care of. [...]