Trade unions and employers stress the need to agree on the content of the “right to strike” project.

Heba Press / Rabat

The most representative unions and employers stressed, on Friday in Rabat, the need to agree on the content of the draft law regulating the exercise of the right to strike.

Representatives of trade unions and employers, in statements to the press on the sidelines of the government’s consultative meetings with the most representative trade union centers and the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises, chaired by the Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Younes Skouri, stressed the importance of this project being the subject of serious and constructive discussion and community dialogue.

In this regard, the member of the National Secretariat of the Moroccan Labor Union, Said Khairallah, indicated that the negotiations on the draft regulatory law relating to the exercise of the right to strike have reached advanced stages, expressing the Union’s readiness to engage, alongside the rest of the parties, in a negotiation methodology that guarantees the exercise of the right to strike in order to reach a historic consensus.

Mr. Khairallah stressed that the Moroccan Labor Union is ready to interact with the proposals related to the draft regulatory law on the exercise of the right to strike in order to develop a law that strengthens the Moroccan human rights scene and is in line with the international conventions ratified by the Kingdom, noting that there are some controversial points that exist in the study process.

After expressing his satisfaction with the methodology followed by the government in managing social dialogue, the union leader noted that there is a common desire to reach a concerted law, stressing that the Moroccan Labor Union “rejects any bill that restricts the right to strike guaranteed by the Moroccan constitution.

For his part, Younes Frashin, member of the executive board of the Democratic Confederation of Labor, stressed that this bill should be the subject of community dialogue and consensus between all parties concerned.

Mr. Frachin stressed that his union adheres to its position that “the right to strike is inherent in the right to organize,” and therefore trade union freedoms must be respected and the right to strike linked to these freedoms, within the framework of respect for the content of the law, the Constitution and international conventions.

For his part, Youssef Allakoush, member of the executive board of the General Union of Workers of Morocco, stressed that the union adheres to the option of social dialogue because it constitutes the appropriate and natural framework for discussing labor legislation, including the draft regulatory law relating to the exercise of the right to strike.

He stressed that a set of proposals presented by the General Union of Workers of Morocco were approved today, considering that the ongoing discussion within the legislative institution on this project should follow the pace of the ongoing debate within the framework of the social dialogue, which was launched by accepting a set of proposals.

He stressed that the law should “guarantee the right to strike and not restrict it, balance rights and duties, take into account the general interest of the working class and not include sanctions that deprive freedom,” expressing optimism about reaching an agreement that serves the economic interest of the nation and takes into account the interests of the working class.

For his part, the president of the Social Committee of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises, Hicham Zouanat, confirmed that the implementation of the regulatory bill relating to the exercise of the right to strike “is on the right track, because it is a project that was negotiated with all the social parties.

Mr. Zwanat said that the outcome of the consultations related to this project “is very positive and great progress has been made to bring this law into existence,” noting the opinion of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council regarding the project, which was “balanced.”

It should be noted that these consultative meetings aim to discuss fundamental issues related to the constitutional referral of the draft organic law relating to the exercise of the right to strike, the approach to human rights and respect for the rights of individuals…