The oil workers plan to begin their strike on
Monday.
Oil and gas workers in Akwa Ibom have
given notice to begin an indefinite strike on
Monday over plans by Mobil Producing
Nigeria Unlimited to sack them.
The workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria
Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers
(NUPENG), gave the notice in a statement
issued on Saturday in Lagos.
The statement was signed by NUPENG
General Secretary, Isaac Aberare.
“We warn against the alleged plan to
disengage 80 per cent of the labour
contract workers and replace them with
service employees by the end of September.
“We find this plan unacceptable and unfair
after our members have helped to
contribute their quota to the growth of the
company. We will resist it,’’ the statement
said.
The workers, in the statement, said that
some contract staff in Mobil had been
sacked and replaced with new ones on new
contracts terms that negate the collective
bargaining agreement signed with NUPENG.
“The union cannot watch and see its
members being sacked indiscriminately. It
will lead to bad precedence in the oil and
gas industry,’’ it said.
The statement said that the new employees
use tools, equipment, machinery, and
vehicles that belong to Mobil to perform
their jobs but they were denied the benefits
stipulated in the agreement.
It said that Mobil had also refused to give
mandate to labour contractors to hold the
quarterly Joint Consultative Council (JCC)
meeting.
The statement said that NUPENG had written
several letters to Mobil management on the
issues but all entreaties for dialogue were
ignored by the oil company.
(NAN)
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