The International federation of Asian and African trade unions presents the “Moroccan Draft Law Regulating Trade Union Work”

The International federation of Asian and African trade unions presents the “Moroccan Draft Law Regulating Trade Union Work”

The President of the International federation of Asian and African trade unions, Saud Al-Hujailan, confirmed that the International Federation is working on the ground, and a number of its advisors have submitted a draft of a draft law regulating union work in Morocco to achieve full freedom of association for all leaders.

This came during a symposium held Thursday, corresponding to 3/5/2020, entitled “Moroccan Trade Union Organization Draft Law” in the capital, Rabat, in cooperation with the Democratic Organization for Labor and the Federation of Democratic Trade Unions, where the importance of approving the law regulating trade union work in Morocco was clarified with the delivery of a copy of the law. for the Moroccan government.

Al-Hujailan indicated that what is missing from leaders in the continents of Asia and Africa is a law that meets aspirations, and we are not talking about the union experience in Europe, because it is completely different from us in terms of development and progress, unlike what we are. Union work for each of us to play his role to the fullest.
He pointed out that the conventions ratified by the International Labor Organization of the United Nations were for all countries, and stressed that union work is not a movement but a work, as it is parallel to parliamentary work. If parliament legislates laws, union work is legislated by its representatives.

He mentioned that we came to Morocco to participate in the first symposium and to present the draft of the trade union labor law, and I hope that there will be real workshops and that we celebrate the approval soon. On rights, which confirms that union work has reached its lowest point in some Arab countries.

With regard to the objectives of the new law, he mentioned that they are summed up in granting immunity to all union leaders to perform their role to the fullest in building states, removing injustice from them and not allowing them to be exploited and deprived of their rights, or domination over them. Noting that union projects are not submitted by the government, but by members of the departments, then submitted to civil society institutions, then to union representatives, and then submitted to Parliament for approval, indicating that it is these right laws that distinguish the honest representative from those who pursue their own interests.