He added that a complete freedom must be given to the Egyptian workers to establish their own independent unions.

Fifty-two percent of Egyptian female workers have their own business ventures.

They are assembly plants and the Egyptian worker does not have to be very skilled.

"I used to earn 10 or 20 pounds a day, because Egyptian workers put their money in building houses," he said.

Returning soldiers would expect higher wages than the Egyptian migrant workers hired during the war.

About 600,000 Egyptian workers returned home, placing an even greater load on already overburdened social welfare programs.

Most of them are Egyptian migrant workers, but the refugees come from all over the world.

In a separate incident, four Egyptian workers are also released.

We hope that they'll be drowned out when Egyptian workers see their exports - and incomes - increase.

That decision brought Egyptian workers from both areas into the streets.