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Morocco's strike law and social dialogue

This dossier follows demands to revise Morocco's strike legislation and documented government responses.

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Where things stand

On 30 October 2026, CDT and UNTM officials call for talks on Law 97.15. No adopted amendment has been established.

CDT and UNTM call on Morocco's new government to revisit strike law

Officials from the CDT and UNTM called on Morocco's government to reopen dialogue on Organic Law 97.15 governing strikes, in statements published by Hespress on 30 October 2026.

Parliament building in Rabat.
Parliament in Rabat, August 2025. Illustrative archive photograph, not the reported meeting. Taha ahh, CC0. — Taha ahh / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ — photo du 8 août 2025, redimensionnement uniquement.

Mohamed El Hattati, a member of the Democratic Confederation of Labour's executive bureau, maintains the demand to withdraw the legislation. He argues that its provisions restrict trade union rights. That assessment is the union's position.

Abdelilah Dahmane, deputy secretary-general of the National Union of Labour in Morocco, calls for negotiated changes to conditions, procedures and penalties, alongside a timetable for talks. Both positions come from interviews by the same outlet. They establish neither a government commitment nor an enacted legislative change.

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