The government is sincere in keeping its promise

Al-Naam Mayara, the national secretary of the General Union of Workers in Morocco, said today, Wednesday, as he presented in his speech on the occasion of his union’s celebration in the city of Fez on the International Workers’ Day the gains achieved for the benefit of the working class during the era of the current government, that “May 1 of this year constitutes one of the defining days in the history of the movement.” “The Moroccan National Union,” stressing that “the government was sincere in fulfilling its promises and what was agreed upon with the union centers.”

In his speech during the speech festival on the occasion of his union’s central celebration of May 1, in the presence of Nizar Baraka, Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party, and representatives of the government coalition parties, the union official noted the institutionalization of social dialogue with the government, stressing in this context that the agreement that was signed with it last Monday, “ It was a verbatim transfer of the memorandum sent by the General Union of Workers in Morocco to the Prime Minister.”

Mayara pointed to the gains that were achieved within the framework of the social dialogue with the government for the benefit of the working class and employees, expressing his union’s pride in the gain of a thousand dirham increase in wages, approving the reduction in the value of the income tax, exempting those whose income is less than 6 thousand dirhams per month from it, and raising the limit. The minimum wage in the private sector is 10 percent.

The National Secretary of the General Union of Workers in Morocco confirmed that these achievements will make Morocco the first country in Africa in terms of the value of the minimum wage, and will also bring it closer to the minimum wage in some European countries, such as Portugal, pointing out that the percentage achieved for the increase in the minimum wage will reach 20%. percent during the five years of the current government’s life.

The same union official stressed that “the government did not buy the unions,” and that the gains that were achieved were agreed upon with it two years ago through productive social dialogue, and thanks to the struggles of his union and the presence of the Istiqlal Party within the government, stating that the latter fulfilled its obligations towards the unions despite the circumstances. The economic situation experienced by Morocco.

In return for these gains that were achieved for the benefit of the working class, the national secretary of the General Union of Workers in Morocco explained that, through social dialogue with the government, advanced stages had been reached to review the strike law, saying in this context that the new strike law “will preserve the dignity of the Moroccan workers and protect the right to Strike is a constitutional right, and international conventions will not be violated.”

He also added that “reforming the retirement systems will be bitter and will involve many concessions,” and that “one party, the wage earners, cannot compromise in order to reach a real project to reform the retirement systems,” pointing out on the other hand that “reviewing the labor code and social legislation in general It will be in the interest of the Moroccan working class, and according to a consensual perspective between the three components: the government, employers, and unions.”