“Morocco hospitality workers stand strong in pandemic”, 07 April 2020

Unions throughout Morocco are negotiating wage guarantees and other measures to safeguard the livelihoods of … [hospitality workers] who have been furloughed or lost their jobs … tourism shut down due to … COVID-19 ...

“Workers in the tourism sector have suffered from this pandemic … [which] led to mass cancellations even before the government of Morocco introduced containment measures…” says Naima Hilali, a staff member of the hotel union affiliated with the Union of Moroccan Workers (UMT)

Backed by the UMT, workers say they will not take unpaid “holidays” during furloughs and are demanding a three-month wage guarantee until June. Unions also are negotiating three-months’ wages for temporary and seasonal workers…