Bank, transport and tourism workers all demonstrated in Cairo after 18 days of protests succeeded in removing President Hosni Mubarak.
The military did finally clear Cairo’s Tahrir Square of protesters but hundreds later returned.
They included police wanting to show solidarity with the movement.
Most of the thousands of protesters in the square had left on Sunday after welcoming the announcement by the new ruling military council that it would dissolve parliament and suspend the constitution.The ruling military council has urged people to return to work to try to get the country back to normal.
However, it had to instruct banks to remain closed on Monday following the strike threats.
The Egyptian stock exchange has also postponed its reopening until Sunday at the earliest.
Hundreds of bank employees protested on Monday outside a branch of the Bank of Alexandria in central Cairo, calling for their managers to resign.
Outside the state TV and radio building, hundreds of public transport workers took part in a demonstration, calling for better pay.
One protester, Ahmed Ali, told Reuters news agency: “The big people steal and the little people get nothing.”
Many employees blame bosses for what they consider to be huge earnings gaps in companies.
Ambulance drivers parked 70 of their emergency vehicles along a riverside road in a pay protest.
Near the Great Pyramids, some 150 tourism industry workers also demanded higher wages.
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