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UNI Global Union's General Secretary has written to President of Morroco and urged him to intervene on behalf of postal workers as they begin hunger strike.

Below is the text of the letter sent by Philip Jennings to the President of the Moroccan Government Abdelilah Benkiran urging him to ensure Groupe Postal Maroc stands by its legal accord with UNI affiliate union FNPL UMT.

Dear President Benkirane,

On behalf of UNI Global Union’s 20 million members worldwide, I would kindly ask that you intercede in the case of the workers who have been forced to consider going on hunger strike because of the intransigence of the management of Groupe Postal Maroc.

I wish to point out that the management is not respecting the legally binding accord signed between themselves and the FNPL UMT union which represents these postal workers.

These male and female workers have been holding a sit-in outside of Groupe Postal Maroc headquarters in Rabat in protest and are today threatening a hunger strike if management does not listen to their just concerns under the agreed accord.

As the head of UNI Global Union which represents postal workers all over the world, I would ask that the Moroccan government takes steps to ensure that Groupe Postal Maroc management acts responsibly and respectfully towards its employees.

Yours faithfully,

Philip Jennings