Morocco’s Water Crisis Threatens Traditional Hammams and 200,000 Jobs

About 200,000 workers in the traditional hammam sector live in a precarious situation, like many other social groups who continue to live outside the Labor Code, says Deputy Loubna Sghiri in a question addressed to Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills. "Workers in traditional hammams work without any legal guarantees or social coverage, because the relationship between this category of workers and the owners of the hammams often embodies the principle of servitude and unpaid work, that is to say, it is absolutely not subject to the Labor Code 65.90," explained the elected official.

Loubna Sghiri continues: "Hammams have always been and remain closed and monitored spaces, not subject to the inspection missions assigned to the services of your ministry, not to mention the fact that the economic and social crisis of this category of citizens has worsened with the repercussions of the recent decision to reduce the number of working days to three days per week." After describing the situation, the elected official asks Minister Sekkouri about the measures his department plans to take to protect this category of workers and preserve their dignity.