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NUPENG to begin strike in A/Ibom

Oil and gas workers in Akwa Ibom have
given notice to begin an indefinite strike on
Monday over plans by Mobil Producing Nigeria
Unlimited to sack them.
The workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria
Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers
(NUPENG) gave the notice in a statement issued
on Saturday in Lagos.
The statement was signed by NUPENG General
Secretary, Mr Isaac Aberare.
"We warn against the alleged plan to disengage
80 per cent of the labour contract workers and
replace them with service employees by the end
of September.
"We find this plan unacceptable and unfair
after our members have helped to contribute
their quota to the growth of the company. We
will resist it,'' the statement said.
The workers, in the statement, said that some
contract staff in Mobil had been sacked and
replaced with new ones on new contracts terms
that negate the collective bargaining
agreement signed with NUPENG.
"The union cannot watch and see its members
being sacked indiscriminately. It will lead to
bad precedence in the oil and gas industry,''
it said.
The statement said that the new employees use
tools, equipment, machinery and vehicles that
belong to Mobil to perform their jobs but they
were denied the benefits stipulated in the
agreement.
It said that Mobil had also refused to give
mandate to labour contractors to hold the
quarterly Joint Consultative Council (JCC)
meeting.
The statement said that NUPENG had written
several letters to Mobil management on the
issues but all entreaties for dialogue were
ignored by the oil company.

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