Gbenro Adesina
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned and rejected the sack of 100 Pilots by Air Peace and 100 pilots and engineers by Bristow Helicopters.
In a statement by the NLC President, Ayubba Wabba, the union described the sack of the workers by the airlines as insensitive, callous, and unjust adding that the airlines have just two weeks to recall the sacked workers or face industrial unrest.
It also condemned the sack of the executives of National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) working with Turkish Air.
“We call on the management of Turkish Air, Air Peace and Bristow Helicopters to recall all the workers that are being sacked from its company within two weeks.
“As agreed between labour and Employers’ Association, social dialogue should be used to resolve industrial concerns instead of the current resort to unilateralism.
“It is very traumatic for workers who are still recovering from psychological and socio-economic difficulties imposed by the recent coronavirus pandemic and are just savoring the joy of being able to work again to be slammed with sack letters.
“Also we would like to make it known that we will not hesitate to mobilize the weight of the entire Nigerian workforce to the premises of Turkish Air, Air Peace and Bristow Helicopters if our demands are not met,” the statement said.
