Morocco needs more industrial jobs to bolster labor added value

Morocco needs to create conditions propitious for the emergence of medium sized industries that are well-integrated in the domestic market in order to bolster the value added of the job market and absorb job seekers leaving the primary sector, head of Morocco’s planning agency HCP said. Speaking at the presentation of a recent study on […]

Morocco or the social big bang under the reign of King Mohammed VI – French Magazine

French Magazine Le Point has highlighted the progress scored by Morocco over the past twenty years, under the reign of King Mohammed VI, in various fields, particularly social ones. In a long story published Monday on the occasion of the 61st birthday of King Mohammed VI, under the eloquent title “Social protection, women’s rights: Morocco […]

Tunisia: Strikes against budget draft increase, UGTT latest to join

Tunisia’s draft budget is being welcomed with strikes against its planned austerity measures and one of the country’s most powerful trade unions, the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), announced a strike in the civil service on 8 December if the wages are not increased. The government is considering freezing wage increment in its draft budget […]