Ports Maritime Workers May Begin Strike as IOCs Shun Union
Members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) may begin an industrial action today in the nation’s seaports to protest non-payment of wages being owed its members and stevedoring contractors by international oil companies (IOCs) in the country.
MWUN President-General, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju told newsmen Tuesday that the decision to embark on strike was the only option left following the expiration of its two weeks ultimatum to the IOCs.
Adeyanju said the IOCs have also refused to engage its union in any dialogue since the ultimatum was given which ended Tuesday.
He told newsmen that the effort of trying to get the IOCs pay the wages has been on for about a year now.
The labour leader had said, “We want to use this medium to intimate you, and the Federal Government, of the non-payment of stevedoring wages to dockworkers by the international oil companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria.
“We are aware that on June 1, 2018, the NPA appointed stevedoring contractors to provide stevedoring services at various offshore jetties and onshore locations to the international oil services and other operators.
“It will be necessary to inform you that NPA had held several meetings with these operators to grant access to the government-appointed stevedoring contractors, process their invoices and effect payment, but unfortunately, the operators have refused to comply with the NPA directive after one year that the contractors were appointed.”
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