The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has directed its members to mobilise in help of the nationwide strike declared by the Petroleum and Pure Fuel Senior Employees Affiliation of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, against Dangote Refinery.
The NLC issued the directive by means of a round signed by Comrade Joe Ajaero on Monday in Abuja.
The congress instructed its associates and members throughout the nation to instantly mobilise for what it described as a “full-scale, decisive engagement” against the conglomerate’s alleged anti-worker practices.
“You’re requested to begin, with fast impact, preparation for a vigorous and complete unionisation of all employees inside each Dangote Group facility falling underneath your jurisdiction,” the memo learn.
The NLC mentioned PENGASSAN and the Petroleum and Pure Fuel Employees, NUPENG, have been merely signs of a deeper malaise, a capitalist pathology of union-busting, employee enslavement, and gross impunity that defines the group’s industrial relations technique.
It alleged that the Dangote Refinery is just not a office however a plantation of exploitation the place employees’ dignity is crushed.
The union additional said that Dangote Refinery is “a state inside a state”, alleging that the corporate has repeatedly violated Part 40 of the Nigerian Structure, flouted Worldwide Labour Organisation, ILO, Conventions 87 and 98, and handled nationwide labour legal guidelines with “utter disdain.
“Their services aren’t workplaces however plantations of exploitation, the place the dignity of the employee is systematically crushed to maximise revenue for the few,” it added.
The event comes amid ongoing talks between PENGASSAN and Dangote Refinery to resolve the strike.
On the weekend, PENGASSAN declared industrial motion, directing its members to chop fuel and crude oil provides to the refinery.
Nevertheless, the Minister of Labour and Employment mentioned on Monday {that a} decision to the dispute should be reached for the great of Nigerians, the union, and the refinery.
