Statement from the Revolutionary Socialist Workers’ Office: Yes to the Broadest Front Against It – No to the Law That Displaces Government Employees

Statement by the Revolutionary Socialists

Sisi and his regime continue their anti-worker and anti-poor policies, relentlessly unleashing a barrage of laws that serve business people, restrict freedoms, and crush workers with cold-blooded brutality—without oversight or accountability.

The latest attack is not just the upcoming new labor law, which the regime is preparing to pass through yet another of its deceptions. Before the Economic Begging Conference, it rushed to enact Civil Service Law No. 18 of 2015 without any public consultation or even the sham committees it usually forms—all, of course, in the absence of a parliament.

This law aims to forcibly displace government employees—around 7 million workers—who have been a target of attack since Mubarak’s days. However, the January Revolution temporarily blocked Gamal Mubarak’s privatization plans. Now, the new law grants the state unchecked authority to fire employees arbitrarily and without restriction, making termination a discretionary decision entirely in the hands of the institution.

Under Article 27, the law states:
“An employee who receives two consecutive annual evaluations rated as ‘weak’ shall be referred to the Human Resources Committee. If found unfit for work, the committee may recommend termination while preserving their pension rights.”

And it does not stop there. Article 28 states:
“Employees in senior administrative or executive positions who receive two consecutive evaluations below ‘above average’ shall be dismissed from service the day after the final report is issued while preserving their pension rights.”

Additionally, the law uses vague and ambiguous terms, such as “work dignity,” leaving broad room for interpretation and making it easier to fire and displace employees under legal cover.
The law also forces employees toward early retirement, just as happened to public sector workers, while shifting the financial burden onto the Social Insurance and Pension Authority—directly reducing the pension amounts workers receive.

Beyond attacking job security, the law also violates union freedoms within the government sector and undermines the principle of equal employment opportunities. It widens the door for nepotism and favoritism, reserving jobs for regime loyalists and insiders under various pretexts, such as security service injuries.
Furthermore, this law blatantly ignores one of the core demands of the revolution—establishing a fair minimum and maximum wage system. Instead, it grants state institutions such as the judiciary, military, and police complete exemptions from salary regulations, deepening social inequality.

This law is designed to entrench corruption within the government sector, ensuring privileged positions for the regime’s inner circle while systematically eliminating ordinary employees.

A law whose sole objective is to dismantle government employment just as was done to the public sector, with complete disregard for the fate of the workers of this devastated country.

For these reasons, we categorically reject this law and all legislation that serves the ruling class at the expense of workers. We call on all honest forces in this country to unite and pressure the government to suspend the implementation of this law until a broad and transparent dialogue is held with labor unions and political groups.
Such a battle cannot be won without workers leading the struggle—expressing their anger in their workplaces and mobilizing alongside all labor unions, worker movements, and political forces that solidarity with waged workers.
Revolutionary Socialist Workers’ Office