Suez Canal office staff strikes, but shipping unaffected

Administrative staff of Suez Canal Authority are protesting the lack of pay and promotions, engaging in strike action which has not as yet affected ship movements, Reuters reports.
Staff threatened to extend a range of protests, including hunger strikes, at the canal authority's HQ at Ismailiya. Protests are part of widespread unrest in Egypt in the wake of toppling of President Hosni Mubarak.
Demonstrators waved banners and expressed grievances. They have been among the civil servants and workers who have gone on strike at businesses and factories across Egypt.