Moroccan Truckers Threaten Strike Over Rising Fuel Costs, Demand Better Subsidies

These transporters believe that the government’s strategy of opting for direct aid to transport players, to mitigate the rise in fuel prices, has shown its limits, arguing that these subsidies have had no effect on the purchasing power of Moroccans, nor on the players in the sector.

Gathered within trade union centers such as the Democratic Confederation of Labor (CDT), the General Confederation of Workers in Morocco (CGTM), the Moroccan Labor Union (UMT) and the National Union of Labor in Morocco (UNTM), these Moroccan road freight transporters took the floor last Monday to call on the government to adopt urgent measures to stop the bleeding. Otherwise, they threaten to lead a general strike that would be detrimental to the national economy.

Among these measures, we can mention in particular the capping of prices for the transport sector, the revision of hydrocarbon prices or the opening of an investigation into the fuel market in Morocco.