Aviation unions affiliated to United
Labour Congress (ULC), on Monday, shunned directives to shut down the
Nigerian airspace as the ULC begin a nationwide strike...
The unions are the Association of
Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Aeronautical Information
Services Association of Nigeria (AISAN) and the National Association of
Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE).
The newsmen reports that the unions had
earlier at a meeting with the management of the Nigerian Airspace
Management Agency (NAMA) dissociated themselves from the strike.
Newsmen aviation correspondents, who
monitored the situation at both the international and domestic wings of
the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, observed normal
flight operations by airlines.
As at 9.30am, over 20 local and
international flights had lifted and landed at the airport signifying
that the unions had not joined the strike.
Newsmen reports that the ULC issued the
strike notice following government failure to recognise the body as a
labour federation despite allegedly fulfilling all conditions stipulated
by law.
According to it, the failure of
government to recognise the group violates the Constitution of Nigeria
which guarantees freedom of association, and the Trade Union Act.
It said that government had thus
excluded Congress, which has over 20 registered trade unions, from its
intended discussion with labour on the issue of national minimum wage.
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