By LeSiteinfo with MAP
The government is ready to make “substantial amendments” to the organic bill relating to the strike, in response to the demands of workers, said Wednesday in Rabat, the Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Younes Sekkouri.
The government is convinced that the promulgation of this vital text is able to support social and economic developments, and to ensure the exercise of the right to strike without compromising freedom of work, the minister said in a statement to the press following a meeting with representatives of trade union centers and the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM).
The Executive, he added, is working together with the social partners within the framework of social dialogue to achieve the adoption of this law in the best possible way, in order to meet the expectations of workers.
For Sekkouri, this collective work aims to bring together points of view on a certain number of essential observations, in particular the mechanisms and modalities for exercising the right to strike, specifying, in this sense, that additional amendments will be made to this text during discussions in the House of Advisors.
For his part, the member of the executive office of the General Union of Workers of Morocco (UGTM), Youssef Allakouch, stressed that the substantive amendments presented by his union party aim to fill the gaps in the previous text of 2016, with a particular emphasis on the consecration of the constitutional right relating to the exercise of the strike.
For his part, the representative of the Democratic Confederation of Labor (CDT), Younès Firahine, recalled the positions of his union on the matter, emphasizing the need to include all social laws in the dialogue agenda. social, notably the draft law on strikes.
“The strike law must be carefully examined on the basis of serious negotiations before reaching an agreement on it,” he noted.
As for the secretary general of the National Labor Union in Morocco (UNTM), Mohamed Zouiten, he called on the government to redouble its efforts and respond positively to demands linked to the law on strike, through sectoral dialogue and social, the expansion of dialogue with all unions, as well as the strengthening of union freedoms.
Zouiten stressed the need to adapt certain provisions of this text according to new changes, calling on the government to promote the institutionalization of dialogue with trade union centers.
The secretary general of the Democratic Federation of Labor (FDT), Youssef Aidi, highlighted, for his part, the cumulative achievements in terms of exercising the right to strike in Morocco “which cannot be the subject of any restriction”, making it known that the right to strike must be guaranteed to workers in accordance with the international provisions in force.
Likewise, he wanted to welcome the openness of the government on the substantive amendments made by the FDT within the Chamber of Advisors, noting that his union center “is looking at the same time at the organic bill relating to the strike and the bill relating to trade union organizations, which constitutes a complementary law within the framework of the supervision of the trade union scene and the strengthening of the roles of unions.
For his part, the vice-president of the General Confederation of Moroccan Businesses, Mohamed Fikrat, welcomed this process marked by the holding of a series of rounds and meetings which took place in an atmosphere of exchanges serious and constructive, stressing that this law is of great importance, given its close link with the national economy, investments and business commitments.
And to affirm that this debate aims to reflect on a version ensuring the balance which makes it possible to promote the proper functioning of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and investments.
The House of Representatives recently adopted, by majority, the draft organic law relating to strikes defining the conditions and modalities for exercising the right to strike as a whole, as it was modified and approved by the Bedroom.
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