Muhammad Manfaluti_Heba Press
At a meeting chaired by the Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Younes Skouri, representatives of trade unions and employers, on the sidelines of the government’s consultative meetings with the most representative trade union centers and the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises, unanimously agreed on the need to agree on the content of the draft regulatory law on the exercise of the right to strike. This project was submitted to serious and constructive community discussion and dialogue..
“Youssef Allakoush”, member of the executive board of the General Union of Workers of Morocco, reiterated the position of the union expressed in 2016, which is to reject any law that prevents the exercise of the right to strike, stressing that the discussion of the law must take place within the institution of social dialogue and all controversial issues are resolved and amendments are introduced before a detailed discussion of the project in Parliament, which in turn must respect all the results of the social dialogue.
Allakoush indicated 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 regarding 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 member of the Executive Bureau of the Democratic Confederation of Labor, Younes Frashin, stressed that this bill should be the subject of a community dialogue and a consensus between all the 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.
