“We regret to inform you of the decision of management for you to continue your stay at home after your leave for three months without pay, till the company contacts you.”
The trade centres and their affiliates are unanimous against any slash in salaries or the plan by employers to convert the lockdown period to yearly leave.
According to the management, this was due to the company’s financial crisis and its future uncertainty in this prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. “This action is not acceptable to the union. It is against collective bargaining agreement, which the management of these hotels are signatories to,” he warned. The NLC chief said workers create the wealth and demand a decent fraction of the reward of their efforts, urging workers to continue to draw inspiration from the fact that, without their sweat, no gain could be made.
Also, the President of the United Labour Congress , Joe Ajaero, said the labour movement has rejected the plan by employers to cut salaries.The Trade Union Congress also charged the Federal Government to protect workers from uncharitable employers who may want to maltreat workers under the guise of COVID-19.
According to him, workers coud not be made to pay for a problem they did not create: “Most disheartening is the attempt by some management to cut salaries, wages and allowances of our members without any cause. On its part, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers called for mutual cooperation among the stakeholders so that they could defeat COVID-19 and the associated hunger for a better tomorrow.
He said: “We shall be together when the sun rises once again and our machines in various factories roar back to life.“It is very important to note here that we received with deep sense of relief and hope the report of the offer of the Department of Petroleum Resources to support the operations of oil and gas companies during the perilous period to avoid stoppage of operations and unnecessary loss of jobs by workers.
He noted that Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, reported that no fewer than 100 health workers had tested positive for COVID-19.
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