Dewhirst Morocco sacked workers attacked
- 17 years ago
Moroccan security forces attack sacked workers in Tangiers- The black Tuesday 27/02/2007
Sacked workers of the two multinationals Dewhirst and Delphi, belonging to the Union Nationale du Travail au Maroc (UNTM), have been observing since December peaceful sit-ins in front of their respective factories. On Tuesday 270/02/2007 Moroccan security forces violently attacked them. The result is 32 arrested including 16 women and three women injured.
Dewhirst
Tuesday 27/02/2007
05.30 am
Around 350 sacked workers gather in front of the Dewhirst Ladieswear as usual in a peaceful way.
6.00 am
Security forces intervened to disperse workers. Security forces separated men from women. Women gathered again not far from the factory, while men gathered on the other side of the factory.
Between 9 and 10 am
Security forces pursued men workers farther.
11h45 am
Security forces set up some barricades on the road to impede men workers from coming back close to the factory.
This tactic was followed to attack women workers who were in the same position as of 6.00 am. Forces of police, mobile intervention units (CMI) and auxiliary forces (Para-military units) participated to the attack.
The result of the attack: 15 women workers arrested and three women workers injured.
Delphi automotive
2.00 pm
Forces of police, mobile intervention units (CMI) and auxiliary forces (Para-military units) participated to the attack on sacked workers of Delphi Automotive who were gathering in front of the factory in Tangiers.
The result of the attack: 17 workers arrested of whom one woman.
All the 32 workers were later released but refused the right to protest against their sacking. Hundreds of families lost their only source of income.
Sacked workers of the two multinationals Dewhirst and Delphi, belonging to the Union Nationale du Travail au Maroc (UNTM), have been observing since December peaceful sit-ins in front of their respective factories. On Tuesday 270/02/2007 Moroccan security forces violently attacked them. The result is 32 arrested including 16 women and three women injured.
Dewhirst
Tuesday 27/02/2007
05.30 am
Around 350 sacked workers gather in front of the Dewhirst Ladieswear as usual in a peaceful way.
6.00 am
Security forces intervened to disperse workers. Security forces separated men from women. Women gathered again not far from the factory, while men gathered on the other side of the factory.
Between 9 and 10 am
Security forces pursued men workers farther.
11h45 am
Security forces set up some barricades on the road to impede men workers from coming back close to the factory.
This tactic was followed to attack women workers who were in the same position as of 6.00 am. Forces of police, mobile intervention units (CMI) and auxiliary forces (Para-military units) participated to the attack.
The result of the attack: 15 women workers arrested and three women workers injured.
Delphi automotive
2.00 pm
Forces of police, mobile intervention units (CMI) and auxiliary forces (Para-military units) participated to the attack on sacked workers of Delphi Automotive who were gathering in front of the factory in Tangiers.
The result of the attack: 17 workers arrested of whom one woman.
All the 32 workers were later released but refused the right to protest against their sacking. Hundreds of families lost their only source of income.