Nimet
To Begin Strike Monday.
Aviation unions, including the National Union of Air
Transport Employee Association of Nigeria, the Association of Nigerian Aviation
Professionals, and the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations and Technical
and Recreational Employees, have instructed Nigeria Meteorology Agency staff to
begin strike action on Monday, May 20, 2024.
This was disclosed in a letter dated 14 May 2024,
obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday.
The strike stems from management’s failure to address 45
months of minimum wage arrears and consequential adjustments for staff members.
The union, represented by the three General Secretaries:
Ocheme Aba, Abdulrasaq Seidu, and Waheed Sikiru, wrote a letter addressed to
NiMET’s Director General, Prof Charles Anoske, with the subject line ‘Re:
Failure to Pay 45-Month Arrears of Minimum Wage Consequential Adjustment—14
days ultimatum.’
The ultimatum had been issued, and management responded
with what seemed like a compromise: paying off the 45 months of arrears in
installments.
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