The Ateliers industriels chérifiens of Kénitra (Aic) of the Delta holding group and the Democratic Confederation of Labour (CDT) seem to be reaching a breaking point, with the threat from the group's board of directors to "relocate or, if necessary, abandon" the activities of its various companies in Kénitra, which risks putting more than a thousand executives, technicians and workers on the street. The managers of the workshops refuse to give in to the demands of the CDT which is asking for "the reinstatement of several of its militants, expelled", according to it, in reaction to the constitution of a local union office which was asking for "the conformity of the employment contract to the provisions of the labour code and the permanent status of workers meeting the regulatory conditions". The company's managers retort that one of the employees was dismissed for "serious misconduct" and that the contracts of the other employees had expired. In a press release published at the end of this meeting, on the holding's website, the Board indicates that it has taken note of the execution, by public force, of the evacuation judgments of the installations after several weeks of occupation by the strikers. But, it affirms, this action did not allow the "normal continuation" of the group's activities, because, it complains, the managers and staff are "constantly threatened and prevented from joining their workstations" and the same people evacuated "continue to block, from the outside, the access to the factories". At the end of a meeting of the Board of Directors of Delta Holding, on June 11, the Board indicates that it has taken note of the execution, by public force, of the evacuation judgments of the installations after several weeks of occupation by the strikers. But, it affirms in a press release, this action did not allow the normal continuation of the group's activities.
The warnings of the AIC
The Board recommended to the decision-making bodies of its subsidiaries AIC, AIC-Métallurgie and Galvacier in Kénitra "to study the possibilities of preserving the group's investments by a possible relocation or, if necessary, the abandonment of the activities of the various companies of the group installed in the Kénitra site".
For their part, nearly 250 employees of one of the three workshops, fearing for their jobs, have sent letters to the local authorities requesting their intervention to guarantee "the freedom to work" and allow them to access "without harassment" their place of work.

