Moroccan trade unions and parliamentarians have raised the problem of wages differentials, which have begun to grow significantly in this period, while the living costs are still rising and wages have not improved at all for six years, which has damaged the middle class.
According to experts, the differences between minimum and high wages are more than thirty times, and jump to record levels in state institutions and companies, especially in the presence of officials whose administration allow them to receive substantial compensation.
On the other hand, the Moroccan government is seeking to reform the system of wages in government jobs by controlling its mass to limit the budget deficit within 3%, which is recommended by the International Monetary Fund, which is linked to Morocco through the line of prevention and liquidity. In addition to the intention of the government to reconsider Public Service Law.
The unions, which have begun to set up new principles of social dialogue, call for higher wages and to improve the incomes in the public and private sectors. They which consider these demands as important and they have to respond to them, in the context of the rising of the living costs and the governments orientation to further boost subsidies.
The number of civil servants in Morocco is close to 580,000, and their wages have reached $ 10.6 billion this year, i.e. about 10.7% of GDP.