Global coverage at a glance: breaking international headlines, geopolitical insights, regional developments, and on‑the‑ground reports from every continent.
“Theft” of the increase in wages mobilizes union activists, amid demands to “rein in” high prices and stop the practices of “brokers”
The Moroccan Labor Union team in the House of Councilors warned once morest “theft” of the general wage increase, given the possibility of this increase losing its value as brokers and speculators continue to control the national market and the distribution of basic materials.
According to what Noureddine Silik, head of the Moroccan Labor Union team, said during a session discussing the interim outcome of the government’s work, the increase in wages will lose its value if brokers are not curbed, noting that their activities “negatively affect the pockets of male and female citizens.”
For his part, Youssef Eddy, head of the socialist team in the House of Councilors, stated that the presentation of the results of the work of the Aziz Akhannouch government coincided with an unprecedented rise in prices that affected all basic materials and crystallized in an obscene manner in fuel, whose prices have witnessed a continuous rate of increase for more than two years, without justification. reasonable.
Eddy stressed that “transparency in setting fuel prices is not only an economic issue, but it is also an ethical issue, related to building confidence, strengthening the principles and mechanisms of governance in managing public affairs, and consolidating the rule of law.”
In view of this, the socialist team called on the Prime Minister to “provide the appropriate climate for fair competition, freedom of initiative, equal opportunities, and combating the rentier economy and all forms of speculation and monopoly.”
#Theft #increase #wages #mobilizes #union #activists #demands #rein #high #prices #stop #practices #brokers
2024-05-12 06:00:41
