Protest statement from miners in Morocco to miners in South Africa
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- Created: Thursday, 05 December 2024 16:37
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We, at the Syndicat national de l'énergie et des minéraux du Maroc, affiliated to the trade union centre : Democratic Confederation of Labour, have learned with great sadness of the abuses and siege to which the miners of Stilfontein who work in the gold mines in South Africa are exposed while they are on sit-in for the sixth week inside the mine, with the resulting deaths and illnesses,
as well as systematic starvation, in violation of international laws and conventions that guarantee the right to use all peaceful means to enforce workers' rights and entitlements. Especially when it comes to wages.
We, the miners of Morocco, declare our absolute solidarity with the struggles of the gold miners in South Africa and we call on the authorities to respect the law and help the workers to overcome the ordeal they are experiencing inside the mine.
Long live the unity of workers throughout the world and the unity of miners in particular.
Moroccan miners