Labor law: NUATE extends the ultimatum by two weeks
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The National Union of Air Transport Employees has postponed its decision on the ultimatum issued to the federal government for two weeks, reports The PUNCH.
The union said it made the decision to allow the intervention of the Ministry of Aviation and the Ministry of Labor and Employment.
According to the union, this is the decision taken at its scheduled meeting in Lagos.
The union had issued a 14-day ultimatum to the federal government on September 13, 2022, stating that anti-labor clauses in new aviation bills currently awaiting assent from President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired) should be removed.
Controversial clauses are: "All services which facilitate and maintain the smooth, orderly and safe take-off, flight and landing of aircraft, embarkation and disembarkation and evacuation of passengers and cargo respectively at all aerodromes in Nigeria are hereby designated as essential services in accordance with the provisions of Section 11(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) .
"The Minister may, by regulation, prohibit any or such class of workers, officers and other employees or persons, whether corporate or physical, engaged in the provision of services specified in subsection (1) of this article to take part in a strike or other industrial action.
"The provisions of the Commercial Disputes (Essential Services) Act, Cap. T9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 apply to the service in the agency, the facilities operated by the agency and the implementation of this Bill There shall be no strikes, lockouts, pickets, blockades, service interruptions, etc. of any kind at any facilities operated by the agency and in the event of a labor dispute, such dispute shall be resolved by the agency."
The NUATE had at the expiration of its ultimatum on September 26, modified its decision.
Speaking to our correspondent, NUATE General Secretary Ocheme Aba said, "Our decision today is to extend the ultimatum for 14 days because the National Assembly informed the Nigerian Labor Congress that something was being done about it and the Ministry of Aviation also informed us that they were doing something about it so we decided to grant a 14 day extension.” /p>
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The National Union of Air Transport Employees has postponed its decision on the ultimatum issued to the federal government for two weeks, reports The PUNCH.
The union said it made the decision to allow the intervention of the Ministry of Aviation and the Ministry of Labor and Employment.
According to the union, this is the decision taken at its scheduled meeting in Lagos.
The union had issued a 14-day ultimatum to the federal government on September 13, 2022, stating that anti-labor clauses in new aviation bills currently awaiting assent from President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired) should be removed.
Controversial clauses are: "All services which facilitate and maintain the smooth, orderly and safe take-off, flight and landing of aircraft, embarkation and disembarkation and evacuation of passengers and cargo respectively at all aerodromes in Nigeria are hereby designated as essential services in accordance with the provisions of Section 11(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) .
"The Minister may, by regulation, prohibit any or such class of workers, officers and other employees or persons, whether corporate or physical, engaged in the provision of services specified in subsection (1) of this article to take part in a strike or other industrial action.
"The provisions of the Commercial Disputes (Essential Services) Act, Cap. T9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 apply to the service in the agency, the facilities operated by the agency and the implementation of this Bill There shall be no strikes, lockouts, pickets, blockades, service interruptions, etc. of any kind at any facilities operated by the agency and in the event of a labor dispute, such dispute shall be resolved by the agency."
The NUATE had at the expiration of its ultimatum on September 26, modified its decision.
Speaking to our correspondent, NUATE General Secretary Ocheme Aba said, "Our decision today is to extend the ultimatum for 14 days because the National Assembly informed the Nigerian Labor Congress that something was being done about it and the Ministry of Aviation also informed us that they were doing something about it so we decided to grant a 14 day extension.” /p>
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