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Moroccan labor union urges strike for wage hike, pension revision

Xinhua, April 8, 2017 Adjust font size:

Morocco's largest union Moroccan Labor Union has announced a 24-hour strike on April 13, local media reported on Saturday.

The strike will concern the public servants at local administrations and will demand the rising of wages amid hiking prices and the revision of the controversial pension reform.

Moroccan government approved last year pension reform bill as part of its efforts to fix public finances.

The reforms include an increase in the retirement age to 63 by 2022, and a raise of workers' contributions to 14 percent by 2019 from 10 percent before the reform.

The announcement of the strike broke a long-dated tradition that the new governments are given some 100 days before any protests are organized by unions, Akhbar Al-Youm newspaper reported.

Morocco's King Mohammed VI appointed on Wednesday the members of the new Islamist-led government, marking an end to six months of political deadlock.

The prime minister, Saadeddine El Othmani, told the press following the appointment of his 39-member government that that he will pursue the reforms launched by the former government. Endit