eNigeriaUnion of petroleumand naturalGasWorkersNUPENGhas
threatened
to begin a strike in Akwa Ibom State on
Monday 23- 09- 2013 over plans byMobil
Producing Nigeria Unlimited to extinct
NUPENGmembers fromits workforce.
e Union in a statement signed by its
secretary General, Comrade Isaac Aberare
states that the labour Contract Staff in
Mobil’s employment have been systematically
separated and replacedwith newones
with newcontracts that negates the Collective
Bargaining Agreement signed wi NUPENG.
Accordibg to the NUPENG scribe:” it is
pertinent to note that these new employees
use Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited
tools, equipment,machinery and vehicles to
carry out their daily routine, yet they are denied
the beneBts as stipulated in the Collective
Bargaining Agreement.
“e union warns against the alleged plan
to disengage 80 percent of the Labour ContractWorkers
and replace themwith the socalled
service employees by the end of
September, 2013.
“We Bnd this plan unacceptable, unjustiB able, unfair, crude, barbaric and
wicked and will be resisted by the
Union, after our members have
helped to contribute their quota
over the years to the growth of the
Company.” He said Aberare noted
that Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited
has refused to give mandate
to their labour contractors to have
Joint Consultative Council (JCC)
meeting which is held quarterly and
wage re-opener which was due since
June, 2013 and charter of demand
submitted by March, 2013.
He stated that the Union has
written severally to the management
of Mobil Producing Nigeria
Unlimited but all entreaties and call
for social dialogue to resolve the issues
were rebuffed and ignored by
the oil company.
He therefore said that NUPENG
cannot watch and see its members
been sacked indiscriminately, as it
will lead to a bad precedent in the
oil and gas industry