In France’s agricultural regions, a growing number of Moroccan seasonal workers are speaking out about working conditions that verge on human trafficking. They report being exploited, both in the purchase of their work contracts and in the living conditions they are subjected to. A recent investigation by StreetPress exposed the practices of an apple farmer with ties to the far right—but this may be far from an isolated case.
The National Federation of the Agricultural Sector (FNSA) and the public utility NGO CETIM have announced they will appeal to UN mechanisms to challenge the organic law on strikes, which was passed by the Moroccan Parliament in February. The unions that participated in the general strike in response to this law point to insufficient guarantees of this right in the text.
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