When speaking with one of workers. He said, “ The company has reduced about 400 workers last month without any benefit given. Only their wages and annual leave was given which was not right by the law when it comes to redundancy. Thus, the personnel manager claimed to have given redundancy benefit to the labor union which I’m telling you nothing was given to them apart from their wages and their annual leave”.
The laborers appoint ten workers to represent them to sit with the board manager instead of the union chairman because they noticed that there is something fishing between the labor chairman and the company’s director.
After the meeting, the ten man committee disclosed that the company have being giving out series of benefit to it workers through the labor union, which nothing was given to the workers by the union.
In our interactions with some of the workers about the disclosed benefit, we get to understand that the company gave out about ₦321M to support it workers during COVID-19 lockdown for the period of six to eight months which was not given to workers.
Benefits such as end of the year bonus, sallah bonus, chrismax bonus, work accident allowances are all being slash into 1/3% where only 1 out of 3 is giving to workers by the personnel.
In our effort to know more about the benefit and the pay-off, one of workers told our reporter that, “There is no any agreement between the company and it’s workers” said, by the company.
The security personnel and the ten man committee are during there best to ensure a peaceful protest so as to avoid lost of lives and destruction of properties. And hoping that the EFCC and human right will come to their aid.
About 90% of the remaining workers have fill a resignation form due to comments made by the personnel manager saying that, “Those whom are still interested to work should resumed back to work, while those whom are not interested should resign”.
Our reporter is also adding that even the remaining 10% of the workers whom haven’t fill the resignation form were those whom have traveled home or due to the form was not enough for every one.
The union chairman and his cabinet are on the with the looted money. While the company and the workers are requesting for their present on Monday 9th of August, 2021 to investigate and look for a way forward.
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