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Osun Workers Resume Work After 6-wk Strike by dridowu: 11:22am On Jul 14, 2015 |
Osogbo —Osun State workers yesterday ended
their six weeks strike by signing a Memorandum
of Understanding, MoU, with the state
government to put an end to the industrial
action.
Labour leaders at the end of the meeting with
government representatives at the Governor’s
Office in Osogbo decided to end its strike and
called on civil servants in the state to resume
work today.
But Council of Academic Staff Unions of Osun
State-owned tertiary institutions, CASUOSTI
dissociated itself from the call-off by the NLC
and the TUC, saying they are not part of the
decision.
The union, in a statement in Osogbo, by its
Secretary, Comrade Olusegun Lana maintained
that they would continue with the strike as the
problem of alleged mismanagement of their
contributory pension scheme and deductions
from their salaries were not resolved.
The state government reportedly commenced the
payment of backlog of workers’ salaries
yesterday, starting with January and February,
2015 for state workers and March and April, 2015
for Local Government counterparts.
Other ongoing payments included that of primary
school teachers, balance of pensions for state
government for November 2014, outstanding
pensions for January-February, 2015 for Retired
Primary School Teachers and March, 2015
Pensions for Retired Local Government Staff.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was
signed by the State government, the Joint Public
Service Negotiating Councils (JPSNC), the
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade
Union Congress (TUC), of Osun.
Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade
Jacob Adekomi, who spoke on behalf of other
labour leaders pointed out that labour, in ending
the strike considered the parlous financial
situation of the state arising from decline in
monthly Federal Allocations and dwindling
Internally Generated Revenue, IGR which
originally led to non-payment of six months’
salaries.
The NLC chairman added that government and
labour therefore, agreed to enter into a
Memorandum of Understanding MOU in
anticipation of the various efforts to be put in
place to end the delay in payments.
Labour also added that the strike is being
suspended to show appreciation to the state
government’s commitment to the welfare of its
workers, having in mind the need to collect data
towards the completion of the critical verification
exercise of workers and retirees in the entire
public service.
Adekomi stressed that committees will be put in
place comprising government and Labour unions
representatives who will embark on the screening
exercise of all categories of workers and
pensioners in the state.
According to him, “The MOU we are signing
today is agreed to by both parties taking due
cognisance of the present parlous financial
situation of the state on an interim basis, as a
condition precedent to suspending the strike
action.
“Committees will be set up according to the
MOU aimed at screening, determination of the
actual wage bill, and workers in the employment
of the state, the actual number and actual
monthly pensions’ bills of both Local
Governments’ and State Government
Pensioners.”
Unpaid salaries protests politically motivated—
Osun NLC
Meantime, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC,
Joint Public Service Negotiating Councils JPSNC,
and the Trade Union Congress TUC, in the state
yesterday dissociated the unions from the recent
protests embarked upon by a group of people in
the state over unpaid salaries.
The unions, after calling off the strike used the
opportunity to condemn the protests and
described them (protests) as being politically-
motivated. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/osun-workers-resume-work-after-6-wk-strike/ |
Re: Osun Workers Resume Work After 6-wk Strike by spyroxy1(m): 11:24am On Jul 14, 2015 |
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Re: Osun Workers Resume Work After 6-wk Strike by dridowu: 11:27am On Jul 14, 2015 |
Meantime, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joint Public Service Negotiating Councils JPSNC, and the Trade Union Congress TUC, in the state yesterday dissociated the unions from the recent protests embarked upon by a group of people in the state over unpaid salaries. The unions, after calling off the strike used the opportunity to condemn the protests and described them (protests) as being politically- motivated. Politically motivated ? which party is now responsible ? lalasticlala kindly do the needful |
Re: Osun Workers Resume Work After 6-wk Strike by kazmanbanjoko(m): 11:57am On Jul 14, 2015 |
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Re: Osun Workers Resume Work After 6-wk Strike by dridowu: 3:22pm On Jul 14, 2015 |
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