Lawless zone

Trade unions are not welcome in the Tangier export free zone. Employers seem opposed to any union activity and do not hesitate to fight it by all means. This is what the workers of the company Electrical Components International (ECI), which specialises in the production of cables and electronic components, have just discovered, having unfairly dismissed ten employees in January who wanted to form a union office within the company. "As soon as it was informed of the creation of the said office, the administration proceeded to dismiss its members as well as other employees whose only crime is being former trade unionists. The worst part is that the management justified these dismissals with fictitious reasons such as the incompetence of certain workers, even though they have more than 10 years of experience, or for inciting violence within the company, as was the case for me and another…