As a way of solidarity, unions in the country’s aviation sector have declared their intentions to mobilise workers across the sector to join in the planned strike slated to begin on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to demand an increase in the minimum wage.

In a notification co-signed by the scribes of the three unions, National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Temenu Akinola, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), Francis Akinjole, Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP),Abdul Rasaq Saidu (ANAP) and National Association of Aircraft-Pilot Engineers (NAAPE), Ocheme Aba (NAAPE) and made available to the media, the unions alerted all airport workers including the agencies, airlines and other relevant business owners across the airports of the planned strike.

The notification declared: “As you are all aware, the NLC, TUC and ULC have jointly declared an indefinite national strike action commencing from November 6, 2018, over the vexed issue of Government unwillingness to implement the report of the tripartite committee on minimum wage review.

“In complying with the directive of the Labour Centres, therefore, we issue this notice to all workers in the aviation sector to withdraw all services from 00:00 hours of November 6, 2018.

“This notice also applies to all businesses and agencies involved with the aviation to be aware of the above situation and adjust their businesses accordingly.

“The general public, especially the international travelling public, are equally notified to avoid or cancel plans to utilise aviation services within the period of the strike. For emphasis, all workers must comply with this directive as our Unions will not tolerate any sabotage of the strike action.”

The federal government is offering the workers a minimum wage of N22.500 while the labour unions are demanding for N30,000.

•Sourced from Tribune report

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