Rabat, May 1, 2013 (MAP)
The celebration by the Moroccan working class of the Labor Day on May 1 is the main topic that caught the interest of editorials issued on Wednesday.
"Bayane Al Yaoum" said that Labor Day is marked this year by a growing tension between trade unions and the government and their boycott of the latest social dialogue meeting which was scheduled last Saturday. This event coincides also with the resumption of the dialogue on the implementation of the April 26, 2011 agreement, the institutionalization of the social dialogue, the law on strikes and the law on unions' liberties and meeting the financial and professional demands of the working class. "Annahar Al Maghribia" wrote that this year's Labor Day will not be different from that of the last year since Morocco witnessed, for a year and a half now, an absence of achievements in addition to the social dialogue freeze. "Rissalat Al Oumma" said that the working class celebrates the Labor Day in an exceptional socio-economic juncture which obliges both this social segment and the Moroccan enterprise to address challenges of the global economic downturn. "Al Khabar" said that Morocco celebrates the Labor Day this year in a national, regional and international juncture marked by a serious economic and financial crisis, adding that austerity policies affect the working class and their living conditions.