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Egyptian union dispute over journalist title
The article addressed the crisis of overlap between the Journalists' Syndicate and other professional syndicates in Egypt, especially after the spread of images and claims by a girl who asserted that she was a journalist without providing any proof of her affiliation with the Journalists' Syndicate. This sparked a debate regarding the criteria and exclusivity of the title "journalist." The head of the Journalists' Syndicate confirmed that the designation "journalist" is solely within the jurisdiction of their syndicate, which is taking measures to confront fake entities and impersonation, including coordinating with government authorities to ensure that the title "journalist" appears on personal identification cards only when issued by the syndicate. Conversely, the Workers' Syndicate warns against the use of forged cards and seeks to distinguish between the professional syndicate and the workers' syndicate, noting that the labor market has increasingly encouraged some to establish unofficial entities that represent journalists illegally. The syndicates emphasized that regulating the profession is the sole responsibility of the Journalists' Syndicate and that there is a need to control the labor market and formalize memberships.
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