Aviation union workers have announced a two-day warning strike across airports in the country from April 17 to April 18, 2023.
TheCable reports that this development is contained in a memo signed by the leadership of five unions.
The union said the workers will embark on an indefinite strike if the two-day their grievances are not resolved during the two-day warning strike.
The unions include the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), and the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP).
Others members of the union are the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), and the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation Civil Service Technical and Recreation Services Employees.
The workers stated that the warning strike would serve as a protest to the refusal of the federal government to release the review of their condition of service (CoS) as negotiated between the workers and four aviation agencies.
The unions also raised concerns about the non-implementation of the national minimum wage consequential adjustments and arrears for workers of the Nigeria Meteorological Agency since 2019.
They also rejected the planned demolition of aviation agency buildings in Lagos to pave the way for an airport city project initiated by Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation.
According to the groups, a 14-day ultimatum given to the minister on the matter had since expired and nothing tangible has been yielded from their efforts.
“Recall our unions as named above issued a 14-day ultimatum to the honourable minister of aviation and specific aviation parastatals since February 7, 2023, over the following demands: non-implementation of minimum wage consequential adjustments and arrears for the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) since 2019,” the memo reads.
“…refusal of the Salaries, Income & Wages Commission, (NSIWC) and office of the head of service of the federation, (OHCSF), to release the reviewed condition of service, (CoS), of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, (NAMA), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA), Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, (NCAT) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMet).
“As negotiated between our unions and the agencies, and as duly conveyed by the federal ministry of aviation since upwards of nine years.”
The unions, directed all members to comply with the directive while all state councils, branches, and executives have been urged to enforce the directive without compromise.
