By Uzor Odigbo
Activities at the nation’s ports will suffer setbacks from today, Tuesday as Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) joins the nationwide strike.
The strike is coming on the instructions of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held Monday, November 13, 2023, directing all affiliates of the Congress to strictly comply.
This position was contained in a press release signed by Comrade John Kennedy Ikemefuna, the Union’s Head of Media, announcing that they will join the strike
The NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) took this decision after their joint meeting in Abuja, which was prompted by a series of infractions and encroachments of the rights of workers, and the distressing incidents involving the abduction and assault on the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero and other Unions’officials and the continued refusal of government to implement agreements, non-payment of backlog of salaries, pensions, descriminatory payment of salaries and non-compliance to national minimum wage.
As an affiliate of the NLC, the MWUN is geared to commence the nationwide strike as directed by the NLC, a statement by the union stated.