Casablanca — A number of trade unions have announced that they will go on strike starting November 17 to protest against the arrest of maritime delegates involved in the Mouhcine Fikri case, reports Telquel.
Two trade unions have organized a sit-in set to take place on November 17 at approximately 12 P.M. in several of the nation’s ports, according to a statement from the Moroccan Union of Labor (UMT).
The sit-ins were planned in response to and in condemnation of the arrest of several maritime delegates who were arrested following the death of Mouhcine Fikri in Al-Hoceima, which spurred a slew of protests condemning the local authority’s unfair treatment of the 31-year-old fisherman, who was crushed to death by a garbage truck containing the swordfish that was confiscated and disposed of by the police.
At a press conference held by the Fishing and Sustainable Development Collective last week, Mourad Ghazali, Secretary General of the Maritime Fishing Trade Union said that “by jailing the three fishing delegates following the Mouhcine Fikri case, we promote anarchy and disrespect of the law. These three officials were used as scapegoats.”
After the November 17 strike, another two days of strike will follow on November 22 and 23, says the UMT. The following two strike days, says Moroccan publication Al Massae, will “paralyze the movement in import-export ports, in slaughterhouses and in regional hygiene laboratories,” which the UMT says will impact the supply of meat and fish in the coming days.
