BEVERLY HILLS, February 19, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has once again condemned the sack of trade union executives by Turkish Airline and what the body described as anti-unionisation stance of Caverton Helicopters.
The organised labour berated the Middle East airline, Turkish Airways and Caverton Helicopter for unjustifiably sacking some of their workers in the country.
Their position on both airlines and other issues were contained in the communiqué issued after the National Executive Council (NEC) of NLC held earlier in the week at the Nigeria Air Force (NAF), Conference Centre, Kado, Abuja.
The NEC of NLC comprises all the presidents, general secretaries and treasurers of NLC’s affiliate unions; chairpersons and secretaries of state councils and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and members of the National Administrative Council (NAC).
The communiqué, which was jointly signed by Comrades Ayuba Wabba and Emmanuel Ugboaja, the President and General Secretary, NLC, respectively, stated “also, the case of sack of trade union executives by Turkish Airline and the anti-unionization stance of Caverton Helicopters was discussed by NEC”
The NLC NEC also condemned the move by the government to concession Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt Airports to private business, stressing that it was unnecessary.
They insisted that neither concession nor privatisation of public assets were in favour of government or the public, rather favours individuals in the system.
It said: “The NEC also discussed the current move by government to concession Nigeria’s major airports to private business. The NEC described the move as resonating with the appetite by successive Nigerian governments to privatise every public asset.
“The NEC warned that experience shows that neither concession nor privatisation of public enterprises and assets have been to the advantage of the Nigerian people and workers”, the group stated.
In the same vein, the NEC also decried continued violation of workers’ rights in the banking sector especially through imposition of outrageous targets and absence of formal machinery for collective bargaining.
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