Apapa Port: Maritime Workers Suspend Strike Against APM Terminals
By Francis Ugwoke
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has called off its industrial action against the APM Terminals Apapa, Lagos.
The Union had embarked on the strike following allegation of racism against the terminal operator.
The Union had accused the terminal operator of expatriate employing workers in positions that can be handled by Nigerians.
However, the President General of the union, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, told newsmen during a visit the Nigerian Shippers’ Council that it had suspended the strike.
He told newsmen, “What we have done at APMT for almost two days is part one, part two is coming.
“Part two will be between me , the union and the erring terminal operators, who are bent on disrespecting the laws of this land. We only used APMT as a scapegoat for others to learn”.
Executive Secretary of NSC, Mr Hassan Bello, in his reaction, commended the Union in the scientific approach it adopted in the action against the terminal operator.
Bello said his Council and the Union would work together to ensure that industrial peace is sustained at the ports.
Bello said, ” Nobody should come to Nigeria and disrespect us. We support the union for putting the terminal operator to order . We have rules and regulations, we have laws and we have sanctions and nobody should come to our country and take us for a ride.”
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has called off its industrial action against the APM Terminals Apapa, Lagos.
The Union had embarked on the strike following allegation of racism against the terminal operator.
The Union had accused the terminal operator of expatriate employing workers in positions that can be handled by Nigerians.
However, the President General of the union, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, told newsmen during a visit the Nigerian Shippers’ Council that it had suspended the strike.
He told newsmen, “What we have done at APMT for almost two days is part one, part two is coming.
“Part two will be between me , the union and the erring terminal operators, who are bent on disrespecting the laws of this land. We only used APMT as a scapegoat for others to learn”.
Executive Secretary of NSC, Mr Hassan Bello, in his reaction, commended the Union in the scientific approach it adopted in the action against the terminal operator.
Bello said his Council and the Union would work together to ensure that industrial peace is sustained at the ports.
Bello said, ” Nobody should come to Nigeria and disrespect us. We support the union for putting the terminal operator to order . We have rules and regulations, we have laws and we have sanctions and nobody should come to our country and take us for a ride.”
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