Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Terminal Two
Eko Hot Blog reports that passengers were left stranded after early morning flights were suspended at the Lagos airport on Tuesday.
This medium gathered that the suspension was due to aviation workers shutting down the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Terminal Two (MMA2).
The aviation workers are protesting the sack of some of their members by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), according to the The Cable.
The workers are protesting under the aegis of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN).
On Monday, the union had issued a seven-day ultimatum to BASL— the operator of MMA2 — to reverse the sacking of over 30 workers or face picketing.
ATSSSAN, which described the sack of its members as witch-hunting and willful intimidation, also threatened a showdown and demanded payment of its members, their terminal entitlements, and reversal of the leave of absence given to them.
It noted that failure to do so will result in it using “any known means to fight for members’ rights.”
Aviation workers create a blockade at Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Terminal Two, on Tuesday, November 1, 2022
The association alleged that rather than implementing the conditions of service as agreed with them in 2021, the BASL management had resorted to sacking of its members, including the union’s executives.
President of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Ben Nnabue, said BASL did not follow due process in laying off the air transport workers.
“All I can say for now is that we have processes as a union on how workers are being laid off. So, you cannot wake up one morning on your own accord without consulting us and sack 35 of our workers,” he told The Cable.
Aviation authorities are yet to release an official statement on the matter.
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