...The formation of independent trade unions and the enactment of an increased minimum wage mark two important achievements for workers’ rights since the revolution, but there have been few other recent gains for Egyptian workers, as the successive regimes since Mubarak have all endeavored to stifle and contain the labor movement. The labor protests themselves have remained fragmented; they are unable to coordinate, much less unify, their demands and are largely confined to specific socio-economic grievances. “Whether it’s in the era of the military council, Morsi or these days, in all three stages there has been a war on workers’ rights,” said Kamal Abbas, the general coordinator of the Center for Trade Union and Workers Services. “The overall situation for workers is now worse than before the revolution.”