The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has called on the management of Aero Contractors to recall the 655 workers it has dismissed, as well as reopen immediately, the offices that were shut on March 13. In a press statement signed by Emma Ugboaja, Acting General Secretary, it applauded the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority for taking steps to ground the airline because safety could not be guaranteed with anairline that has caused itself avoidable industrial crisis.
“We are surprised that despite huge opportunities provided by the existence of vibrant, well informed, matured and responsible trade unions in the aviation sector, the management of Aero Contractors has refused to heed their calls, decided to ignore all available industrial relations mechanisms by dismissing over 655 employees of the company and locked out the entire workforce since 13th March 2013,” the statement said.
“Before the management carried out these ill-informed actions, they had approached the National Industrial Court for an injunction that will provide the management an opportunity to take anti workers decisions without consultation with the unions, the National Union of Air Transport Employees and the Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria,” the group said, adding that the basic intention of the management was to ultimately circumscribe the rights of workers to belong to the unions as well as casualise the entire workforce.
It said these steps were totally unacceptable and that they would do everything possible to defend the rights of the workers, and that they will not hesitate to take appropriate solidarity actions in defence of
the workers should the management refuse to reverse its decisions.
They urged Aero Contractors workers to continue to take all necessary actions, together with their unions, until the decisions are reversed.
Full text of the statement: 24 March 2013
Aero Contractors: Don’t Provoke Nigerian Workers We are surprised that despite huge opportunities provided by the existence of vibrant, well informed, matured and responsible trade unions in the aviation sector, the management of Aero Contractors decided to ignore all available industrial relations mechanisms by dismissing over 655 employees of the company and locked out the entire workforce since 13th March 2013.
Before the management carried out these ill informed actions, they had approached the National Industrial Court for an injunction that will provide the management an opportunity to take anti workers decisions without consultation with the unions, the National Union of Air Transport Employees and the Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria.
The basic intention of the management is to ultimately circumscribe workers rights to belong to the unions as well as casualise the entire workforce.
These are totally unacceptable to us and we will do everything possible to defend the rights of the workers.
While we applaud the steps taken so far by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA which grounded the airline since safety cannot be guaranteed with an airline that has caused itself avoidable industrial
crisis. All employees of airlines all over the world are key to security and safety of flights.
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