The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has issued a notice of a three-day warning strike in January over the divestment of multinationals from the country and non-payment of terminal benefits to workers.
Other grievances, according to Achese, are the non-payment of terminal benefits to 48 contract workers and 250 contract workers terminated in Lagos and Port Harcourt by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company, and the refusal of Mobil Producing to reinstate the 200 NUPENG members it sacked.
The statement read in part, “The union states that the date in January will be communicated to all its members, but advised them to start wearing red bands to work from next week, while the members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers have been instructed also to put green leaves on their tankers as a protest, preparatory for the commencement of the three-day warning strike next month.
“The union stresses that it believes that whatever goodwill the government has to encourage investors to come should not lead to job loses but, job creation.”
