Maritime Workers May Drop Industrial Action over Pleas from Shippers Council, Others
There are strong indications that members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, may consider dropping their plan to embark on industrial action in protest against the neglect of the maritime sector in terms of infrastructural development.
Sources close to the Union told SHIPPING DAY that the leadership of the union is considering the appeal to the workers by the management of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) who had held a meeting with them on Monday.
It was gathered that the Union has been consulting with some critical stakeholders after the meeting with the management of NSC, and is expected to make its decision public most likely today.
Executive Secretary of the Council, Mr Hassan Bello, had appealed to the Union during the visit to the ports economic regulator’s office not embark on the action because of the negative effect on the shippers and national economy at such a critical time.
President-General, Adewale Adeyanju, had while appreciating the efforts of Bello and his management team in reaching out to the Union added that the federal government had neglected the maritime sector to the detriment of the national economy.
Adeyanju said the neglect of the sector by the government was despite the fact that shipping remains second to the oil sector in terms revenue contribution to the economy.
He said that the union would be meeting other agencies in the sector, adding that it has been left with no alternative.
Sources close to the Union told SHIPPING DAY that the leadership of the union is considering the appeal to the workers by the management of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) who had held a meeting with them on Monday.
It was gathered that the Union has been consulting with some critical stakeholders after the meeting with the management of NSC, and is expected to make its decision public most likely today.
Executive Secretary of the Council, Mr Hassan Bello, had appealed to the Union during the visit to the ports economic regulator’s office not embark on the action because of the negative effect on the shippers and national economy at such a critical time.
President-General, Adewale Adeyanju, had while appreciating the efforts of Bello and his management team in reaching out to the Union added that the federal government had neglected the maritime sector to the detriment of the national economy.
Adeyanju said the neglect of the sector by the government was despite the fact that shipping remains second to the oil sector in terms revenue contribution to the economy.
He said that the union would be meeting other agencies in the sector, adding that it has been left with no alternative.
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