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Labour: Workers’ right abuse by airlines troubling

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Labour: Workers’ right abuse by airlines troubling

The various aviation unions under the umbrella of the Joint Aviation Trade Union Forum (JATUF) have alerted on how airline owners abuse workers’ rights, describing the development as troubling and one that calls for urgent resolution. There have been cases where airline workers are prevented from joining the different aviation unions or where union members are punished. Chairman of JATUF, Comrade Ilitrus Ahmadu  who spoke to Aviation Metric on the sidelines of the second edition of the annual strategic aviation unions’…

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Financial crunch: Labour expresses concerns over aviation sector plight

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Financial crunch: Labour expresses concerns over aviation sector plight

Concerned aviation experts have again raised worry about the precarious financial situation of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) over the 50 per cent deduction in its generated revenue by the Federal Government. The Secretary-General of the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), Olayinka Abioye who spoke to Aviation Metric at the weekend said the union leaders in the aviation industry would again meet with the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr…

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Air transport, soft target for labour unrest

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Air transport, soft target for labour unrest

The aviation industry has come under severe disruptions whenever labour unions call out their members for protest. It is seen as a soft target for protesters and its damaging effects on an industry that is on life support, writes, WOLE SHADARE Familiar feature Hardly six weeks goes by without the announcement of a strike in air transport in all its components: flight crews, airline ground staff, airports, handling agents, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and air…

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