From the Los Angeles Times:
In a sudden move on Tuesday evening, Egyptian pharmacists decided to suspend their strike during negotiations with the government aimed at reaching a compromise on a new taxation law.
“We received strong promises from top officials that the problem will be solved,” Mahmoud Abdel Maqsoud, secretary-general of the pharmacists’ syndicates told The Times on his way to the Finance Ministry to start a new round of talks. “We don’t mean to torture patients; we deal with a very sensitive commodity so our moves should be well calculated.”
All private pharmacies have abided by their union’s decision to halt the strike, Abdel Maqsoud added. ...more
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Pharmacists put their strike on hold
It's a bit late, but here's an update on the Egyptian pharmacist strike...
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