Leadership of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers (NUPENG) yesterday in Lagos, picketed the premises of Shell Petroleum
Company Limited over casualisation of workers with no condition of service and
terminal benefits. The aggrieved workers were led by Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo,
Chairman, NUPENG, Lagos Zone.
The aggrieved workers displayed placards with various inscriptions like “We say no to Shell anti-union experiment in the oil and gas industry” at the Lagos Marina office of Shell.
The development led to tension in Lagos with heavy traffic along Marina while police officers in large numbers led by DPO Adaku Uche-Anya were fully on ground to maintain law and order.
In a chat with journalists, Comrade Korodo disclosed that yesterday’s development was not the first time NUPENG will be picketing Shell over the engagement of contractual staffs without conditions of service and terminal benefits.
“We had series of meetings, dialoguing, talking with no result. On daily basis, despite that we are on table, our members are being laid off, no compensation given to them, no terminal benefit. If we are being harassed and intimidated, we are going to restrategise.
The aggrieved workers displayed placards with various inscriptions like “We say no to Shell anti-union experiment in the oil and gas industry” at the Lagos Marina office of Shell.
The development led to tension in Lagos with heavy traffic along Marina while police officers in large numbers led by DPO Adaku Uche-Anya were fully on ground to maintain law and order.
In a chat with journalists, Comrade Korodo disclosed that yesterday’s development was not the first time NUPENG will be picketing Shell over the engagement of contractual staffs without conditions of service and terminal benefits.
“We had series of meetings, dialoguing, talking with no result. On daily basis, despite that we are on table, our members are being laid off, no compensation given to them, no terminal benefit. If we are being harassed and intimidated, we are going to restrategise.
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