Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in the state, has directed workers to resume the industrial action.
State Chairman of the union, Jacob Adekomi, in a statement in Osogbo last night, said workers should not resume work as earlier directed.
Addressing newsmen on the development, Adekomi said the workers rejected the half salary the state government offered because it was in breach of the agreement reached by both parties.
He also insisted the the workers were deceived to call off their strike action.
According to him, the NLC suspended the strike because it believed government would honour the agreement in the Memorandum of Understanding the two parties signed, detailing how they wanted their salaries to be paid.
“It was brought to our notice that workers on grade level 1-7 in secondary schools and the civil service got full payment of their January salaries, while the senior officers got half salaries. Also, primary and secondary schools’ pensioners were paid 50% of their pensions for January and November respectively.
The NLC boss however said it was agreed that workers would be paid salaries for the months of January and February 2015 for secondary schools’ teachers and those in the core civil service.
Reacting to the latest strike action, the state government, in a statement issued by the the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Governor’s Office, Semiu Okanlawon, said the attention of government has been drawn to the dissatisfaction of workers in the state because of the partial payment of salaries. The statement added that the governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola calls for the understanding of all workers in the state.
0 comments:
Post a Comment