HIBAPRESS – Muhammad Zariouh
A large group of security, cleaning, and cooking personnel working in educational institutions in the city of Nador organized a massive protest on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in the Al-Matar district. This step, organized by the Regional Union of Trade Unions, comes as an expression of strong protest against the continued delay in the payment of monthly salaries by the contracting companies responsible for managing these vital services within the education sector.
The participants in this protest expressed their deep dissatisfaction with what they described as systematic marginalization and repeated delays in receiving their financial dues, considering that not respecting the salary payment cycle deeply undermines the social stability and human dignity of this group. During the protest, slogans were raised demanding the urgent intervention of the relevant authorities to do justice to the workers and guarantee their legitimate rights guaranteed by the Labor Code.
In a speech given during this protest, Professor Abdul Razzaq Imhamdi affirmed that this protest is part of an escalating protest program that was approved after a dead end in the dialogue and the failure of previous attempts to communicate with the concerned parties. He also stressed the workers' determination to continue their legitimate struggle by all available means until the complete and immediate response to their just demands and the payment of outstanding salaries within their legal deadlines is achieved.
The trade union office also directed a direct appeal to the public authorities and the Regional Directorate of Education, in addition to the Labor Inspectorate, to assume their legal and ethical responsibilities towards these workers. The protesters demanded the activation of monitoring mechanisms on subcontracting companies to enforce respect for the applicable legal provisions and ensure a work environment that preserves the dignity of the personnel and secures their financial stability.
This protest movement is scheduled to continue in the coming days, as it was announced that a second protest will be organized on Friday, May 15, 2026, in front of the headquarters of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of National Education in Nador. These escalating steps aim to continue the field pressure in order to find radical and final solutions to this social file that has become a source of concern for hundreds of families connected to this sector in the region.
