Moroccan teachers go on strike november 13-14

Two Moroccan trade unions have called for a general strike in the education sector for November 13-14 to "prompt the government respect its commitments" on the increase of the teachers' salaries.

The national education union, affiliated to the Conf?d?ration D?mocratique du Travail (CDT), called teachers to stage sit-ins on November 13 and 14 before the offices of the ministries of education and of finance in all the cities of the kingdom.

The union calls the government to "live up to commitments" it made in the frame of the accord passed with trade unions on December 10, 2000.

The national education federation, affiliated to another trade union, l'Union Marocaine du Travail (UMT), also called for a strike on November 13-14 to protest the "non-respect" by the government of the accord on the teaching staff's statute and allowance system.

The federation calls the government to honor its commitments "the soonest possible."

Some 215,500 teachers are working in the Moroccan public education sector, including 121,763 in the primary education, 84,024 in secondary education and 9,701 in higher education.