The representatives of the Moroccan Union of Labor (UMT) in the House of Representatives affirmed, in their commentary to the response of the Minister of State for Human Rights, that thousands of Moroccan citizens working in the sector of freight transport in the occupied city of Fnideq. UMT representatives explained that these workers, mostly women, are humiliated, exploited and working in inhumane conditions. These data were confirmed by the Expeditionary Report of the House of Representatives in October 2018.
The UMT team explained that these workers are forced to rent 'their backs' to transport the goods and that the only beneficiaries of this situation are the lobbies and brokers of the sector. And to add that these women are humiliated and victims of harassment and verbal aggression and that they are forced to carry heavy goods they pass through very narrow corridors which further complicates their situation.
The representatives of the UMT indicated that this situation represents a black spot for all governments that have succeeded since it is the result of anti-social public policies. The elected officials questioned the relations of the Kingdom with the rule of law, the law, the Constitution and the international conventions ratified by Morocco including, among others, the Convention of CEDAW.
UMT representatives discussed the application of the contents of Law 13.103 and the Sustainable Development Goals 2015/2030 and the commitment of the Government to achieve social justice and empowerment women's economy. In this context, the UMT has called for the acceleration of the ratification of Convention 190 on violence and harassment at workplaces issued by the International Labor Organization (ILO).
The UMT has also called for radical solutions to create new jobs so that these women can access other economic resources to escape poverty and marginalization.
In addition, the UMT representatives explained that closing the passage 'could have been very good news if it had been preceded by measures to bring the area out of poverty and marginalization'. However, and in the absence of any real
economic alternative, the elimination of this economic activity will lead to a dramatic social outcome.
The UMT team called for economic and social rehabilitation of the region, the establishment of an approach reinforcing the social gender, the equitable distribution of economic wealth and the implementation of the industrial plan for the city of Fnideq.
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