Telecommunications union threatens strike

The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) has threatened to begin an indefinite strike on April 4, 2024.

PTECSSAN announced this in a statement issued by its General Secretary, Okonu Abdullahi, on Tuesday, April 2.

Abdullahi stated that the telecommunications union resolved to embark on strike over the alleged unresolved issues between the union and sub-contractors linked with Huawei Technologies Nigeria Limited.

The sub-contractors to Huawei include Reime Group, All Streamenergy Solutions Limited, Uppercrest Limited, Tyllium Nigeria Limited, and Specific Tools and Techniques Limited.

The PTECSSAN General Secretary noted that efforts by the union and the Ministry of Labour and Employment to resolve its concerns did not work as the companies failed to make themselves available for conciliatory meetings.

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He added: “It is in the light of this that the leadership of the union directed its members to begin an indefinite strike effective from April 4.

“We implore Nigerians to bear with us during the period of the strike and the discomfort it may bring to them.”

Abdullahi further listed the issues which need urgent implementation to include the immediate recognition of the fundamental rights of the employees to freely associate with the union.

Other issues, according to him, are the immediate remittance of membership dues into the union’s account and regularisation of the employment of union members on the Huawei projects.

“Also important is the involvement of the union in the negotiation of the collective bargaining agreement for the benefit of union members, among others,” he added.

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