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Maritime Workers Union Threaten Companies Planning To Sack Employees, Cut Salary
While companies in various industries have been laying off staff members as well as reducing incomes, the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria has intimidated to clash with any Maritime firm that intends to make its employees unemployed.
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria stated it will resist any company’s attempt to downsize in the sector.
The union’s Head of state, Adewale Adeyanju, stated firms should not take on such cost-saving procedures as the employees are not to be criticized for the Coronavirus pandemic.
The infection which was very first tape-recorded in Nigeria in late February, had expanded to over 2000 in two months, affecting organisation tasks at the same time. The lockdown more compound the scenario as activity and companies were limited to essential tasks.
Nigeria’s economic climate had actually been adversely affected by the COVID-19, leading several companies to sack their workers, while using pay cut to employees whose agreements were not ended; as well as according to Adeyanju, it is a kind of penalty on the employees.
He stated that Maritime Employee Union of Nigeria will apply every approach given by the law to test any kind of Maritime firm that chooses to take the cost-cutting course which negatively influence their staff members.
“In really clear terms, we condemn this attempt to turn workers’ precisely its go to the economic gains of monitoring without recourse to normal factor to consider and also processes.
“We find it strange that employees will undergo punishment for a situation that is totally out of their range of control.
“This we will withstand as well as resist with all the toolboxes at our disposal within the ambit of the regulation. Any type of management taking into consideration such gimmick is thus placed on notification.
“The majority of frustrating is the effort by same deceitful management to reduce the wages, wages and also allocation of our members with no possible reason.” He was priced quote in a Strike report.
Adeyanju said regardless of staff members playing the significant function in the earnings created by firms, the workers are constantly at the receiving end. He likewise seconded Nigerian Work Congress’ (NLC) declaration that deduction in incomes, earnings, allocations and downsizing labor force at this period was prohibited.
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