The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed, by a majority, the Organic Law No. 97.15, which outlines the conditions and procedures for exercising the right to strike.
This approval came after a second reading and the referral of the text from the House of Councillors, with the exception of a correction of a technical error.
It follows the approval of the Social Sectors Committee in the lower house on Tuesday.
Described as a “historic constitutional moment,” the bill, now in its final legislative stage and awaiting review by the Constitutional Court and publication in the official gazette, was passed with 84 votes in favor and 20 against, with no abstentions.
The approval of the Organic Law came at the start of a general strike called by influential unions within the Moroccan labor movement.
The bill had previously been referred to the Social Sectors Committee in the House of Representatives on Monday, following its majority approval in the House of Councillors, despite the withdrawal of the Moroccan Workers’ Union (UMT) team.
With this, the final organic laws stipulated by the 2011 Constitution have now been completed, and the legislative process is concluded before the law takes effect upon its official publication.
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