Heba Press/. Rabat
The National University of Local Government Employees, affiliated with the National Labor Union in Morocco, revealed that it held a meeting with the interests of the Ministry of the Interior at the headquarters of the General Directorate of Local Government on Thursday, September 19, 2024.
According to a statement from the union, the worker, director of local finances at the Ministry of the Interior, “confirmed the willingness of the Ministry of the Interior to study seriously and thoroughly all the points contained in the file of demands presented by the union representatives and to seek practical approvals of solutions.”
He also explained the objective reasons that led to the delay in the disbursement of the last increase (1,000 dirhams). And the reasons for the postponement of the dialogue cycle initially scheduled for May 28, 2024.
The communication states that the head of the Human Resources Department highlighted the most important files of the memorandum of demands of the unions represented in the sectoral social dialogue, which will be resolved directly and will not require additional rounds of negotiations, while six demands require additional negotiations with the guardian ministry.
According to the report, this involves an increase in the salaries of territorial municipal employees, the regularization of the status of holders of higher education certificates (lack of legal reference in this matter, which requires alternative proposals that require further negotiations), the expansion of the benefit of compensation for arduous and polluting work, eliminating deductions related to participation in the strike and accelerating the recovery of the status of territorial municipal employees, some of whose contents have not been decided.
It was also agreed to schedule a closing meeting of the sectoral social dialogue on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, to continue the negotiation of union demands and consult the social partner for the development of the status of territorial municipal employees.
He also pledged to seek innovative solutions to resolve the issue of higher education holders within the framework of what is permitted by the laws in force, and to speed up the implementation of court decisions in favor of the collective of employees once they have been issued, and to speed up the disbursement of promotion contributions.
The Ministry of Interior was represented by the worker, the director of local finances, the director of skills development and digital transformation, the head of the human resources department and some executives responsible for the general management, while the National Union of Labor in Morocco was represented by the worker. represented by Khaled Al-Amlouki, national secretary general of the National University of Local Communities, and Ali Taghada, member of the national office of the university.
