The second year of the current legislative term is coming to an end, but the government has so far failed to implement the measures it proposed in the social dialogue with trade union centers, whether it is related to wage increases, income tax reduction, or other files.
According to newspaper 24’s sources, the most representative trade union centers are still awaiting the completion of the various gains of the working class, which await implementation and activation.
The same sources confirmed that the trade unions renewed their call to the government to hold real negotiations in order to improve wages and reduce income tax, after the purchasing power of the working class had deteriorated.
The same sources added that the unions refuse to discuss secondary issues in the upcoming sessions, while expressing their anger at the government’s procrastination in protecting the Moroccan working class, especially since the high prices require an exceptional increase.
The same sources highlighted that the unions renewed their rejection of the issue of increasing the retirement age to 65 years, and prejudice any gains that might harm more than half a million Moroccan citizens who are involved in the collective system for granting pensions.
The same sources indicated that the trade unions renewed their demands to discuss the status of each fund separately in the upcoming meetings, especially since the deficit in the civil system for the pensions of the Moroccan Pension Fund has worsened to about 5.12 billion dirhams, according to the report of the Supreme Council of Accounts.
The unions also reiterated that the government is also called upon to protect trade union freedoms with an increase in family allowances for children, which are considered meager, compared to the current conditions in the Kingdom.
