in june 2005 abbas commented on legal issues dealing with the al-amrya weaving and textile company. he said, "the distinction between public and private sector workers will in any case become irrelevant, sooner or later, given that the entire public sector is on the block. what is important in this case is that the unified labour law (12) of 2003 doesn't differentiate between private and public sector workers. misr al-amrya cannot legally argue on the basis of state workers' rights to base salary increments versus private sector workers' non-rights. which is why, in the end, the company did eventually comply."