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#Wage Labor

Around 30 kilometers away from Helwan resides more than 400 brick factories with around 150 laborers working at each one, earning a daily worker's wage of between only $US 13-17 (about 100-130 Egyptian pounds). The conditions in which the laborers work are extremely tiring; twelve-hour shifts of strenuous manual labor are hard enough and are done for a meager wage. In addition, the workers carry out their jobs without any kind of safety equipment: without suitable shoes, helmets or protective…