Members of the Aviation Workers Union have released a communique on the reasons why its members are threatening to go on a strike.
The Unions said its members are threatening a strike over alleged poor condition of service. They said they refuse to continue rendering services without valid conditions of service.
The various unions include members of the National Union of Air Transport Employees, the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals, and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers.
What they are saying
In the communique signed by the Leaders of the Union s, the groups are demanding implementation of the minimum wage/consequential adjustment that had existed since April 2019 in all aviation agencies excluding the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology.
The leaders of the unions noted that the union had to shoulder intense pressure from its members who had continuously demanded a review of their conditions of service.
They said various government agencies had been reached but yet no solution was proffered as the issue remains unaddressed.
“Our unions have severally conveyed our frustration over the aforementioned issues and have engaged the agencies’ management and other government agencies involved, including the Ministry of Aviation over the years with only minimal results. The communique reads in part.
“The condition of service for NiMet has not been approved since 2003, while those of FAAN, NCAA, NAMA, and AIB have been with the commission since 2001,” they said.
Leaders of the group who signed the communique included: Deputy General Secretary, ATSSSAN, Francis Akinjole; General Secretary, NUATE, Ocheme Aba; Secretary-General, ANAP, Abdulrazaq Saidu; and Deputy General Secretary, NAAPE, Umoh Ofonime.
