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Members of UNI Post & Logistics affiliate FNPL-UMT Morocco will strike July 23-25 to ensure their colleagues in two subsidiaries of Poste Maroc are treated fairly and can freely exercise their trade union rights. 

For months, FNPL have negotiated with Poste Maroc and the Moroccan government to ensure that newly-hired workers in Barid-CASH and Barid-MEDIA are covered by the existing collective agreement for all postal workers. Poste Maroc have denied the rights of these workers to be represented by FNPL and have subjected them to low pay and a precarious employment situation. 

"The treatment of the workers in Barid-CASH and Barid-MEDIA is unacceptable," said UNI Head of Post & Logistics Stephen DeMatteo. "These are postal workers and they deserve the same rights as their colleagues across Poste Maroc - fair pay, decent work and the right to be represented by their union. UNI supports FNPL in their strike this week and calls upon Poste Maroc to hear the union's demands."

FNPL are calling for a unified operational structure, whereby all postal workers are covered by the collective agreement. The Post should stop attempting to divide workers and limit the rights of newly-hired workers.

UNI has sent letters of protest to postal management and to the Moroccan government condemning the current situation. UNI affiliates around the world have offered their support to the workers and stand in solidarity with the striking workers.