The unions are the National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the National Union of Pensioners.
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Unionists under the aegis of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the aviation unions had stormed the General Aviation Terminal of the airport about 8.05am to protest alleged casualisation in the sector
Olayinka Abioye, General Secretary, National Union of Air Transport Employees, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Tuesday.
Abioye said the suspension of the industrial action became necessary following the engagement of the NCAA management, the ministry and the union in a social dialogue towards the settlement of the matter in dispute.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the offices of the troubled airline were on Thursday picketed by the three aviation unions
Olayinka Abioye, the General Secretary, NUATE, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos
The unions involved in the action are: National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers
Olayinka Abioye, the General Secretary, NUATE, who spoke on behalf of the unions on Wednesday in Lagos, accused the new management of intolerance to unionism
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria had on February 9 taken over the airline
Addressing the protesters, Olayinka Abioye, the General Secretary, NUATE, said the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, had earlier assured the unions that outsiders would not be given positions meant for career civil servants in the sector.
NUATE’s General Secretary, Olayinka Abioye, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja that government had not said anything about the welfare of workers that would be deployed
The unions said the planned closure of the airport scheduled to begin from March 8 for a six-week period would be counter-productive for the nation’s economy
The General Secretary of NUATE, Olayinka Abioye, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos
The airline made its position known in a statement signed by its Communications Manager, Ola Adebanji, in Lagos
This was made known in a communique signed by the leadership of the unions, Arik Air management and a representative of the NCAA
An official of the Airport who did not want his name in print told NAN that Arik had been the only domestic carrier with the capacity to manage the passenger traffic
The unions gave the directive in a strike notice in Lagos on Monday
Olayinka Abioye, General Secretary, NUATE, told NAN in Lagos that the unions in the aviation sector were proud to be part of Aliu’s success story
The protest was organised by the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and National Union of Air Transport Employees
The Minister of State for Aviation, Capt. Hadi Sirika, had on September 6, told newsmen that there was no going back on the concession of the Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt Airports