APMT Apapa Port Strike May Be Resolved Today
LAGOS PORT
There are strong indications that the industrial action embarked on by members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) may be resolved today.
A source told SHIPPING DAY that the management of the APM Terminal is likely to take a decision to mend fences with the striking workers.
Part of the decision is to consider the advice given by the managements of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on the issues raised by the workers.
Aggrieved dockworkers had on Wednesday shut down the APM Terminals in Apapa in protest against poor wages and maltreatment.
Both NPA and NSC management had intervened to ensure that the action which has affected ports operations in the terminal.
Incidentally, reports from the President General MWUN Comrade Adewale Adeyanju claimed the management of APM Terminal is yet to respond to the advice from the two agencies.
Part of the allegations against APMT is that the retirement benefits of the dockworkers were nothing to write home about, a development the workers want to be addressed among other demands.
It would be recalled that freight forwarders had in the past also complained of poor treatment while processing their documents for clearance of goods with the terminal operator.
A source told SHIPPING DAY that the management of the APM Terminal is likely to take a decision to mend fences with the striking workers.
Part of the decision is to consider the advice given by the managements of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on the issues raised by the workers.
Aggrieved dockworkers had on Wednesday shut down the APM Terminals in Apapa in protest against poor wages and maltreatment.
Both NPA and NSC management had intervened to ensure that the action which has affected ports operations in the terminal.
Incidentally, reports from the President General MWUN Comrade Adewale Adeyanju claimed the management of APM Terminal is yet to respond to the advice from the two agencies.
Part of the allegations against APMT is that the retirement benefits of the dockworkers were nothing to write home about, a development the workers want to be addressed among other demands.
It would be recalled that freight forwarders had in the past also complained of poor treatment while processing their documents for clearance of goods with the terminal operator.
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