JUST IN: MWUN Suspends Industrial Action Against  Shipping Companies By One Month

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has suspended the ongoing strike against shipping companies by one month .

This was due to the intervention of the economic port regulation, the Nigerian Shipper’s Council on Monday in Lagos.

According to a document made available to DAILY FOCUS NIGERIA, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) mediated on the strike action embarked upon by the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (M W UN) resulting from a breakdown of negotiations between the Union and the Shipping Connpanies/ Agencies & Freight Forwarders Employers Association (SCAFFEA) on minimum standard of condition of service in the shipping industry.

At a communique reached, the meeting which held at the training room of Nigerian Shippers’ Council on Monday 5th June 2023, ended up in a tripartite agreement with signatory from the union leader, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shipper’s Council, Mr. Emmanuel Jime and Mr. Ascanio Russo,  representing SCAFFEA.

The communique further stated that the Maritilne Workers Union and Shipping Companies/Agencies and Freight Forwarders Employers Association expressed commitment for sincere negotiations on the Minimum Standard of Condition of Service in the Industry.

It further explained that all parties agreed to a timeline of one  month starting from Monday 5 th June 2023 to 4th July 2023  completion of the negotiations.

The communique also stated that all parties agreed to establish an acceptable Minimum Standards on the Condition of Service in the Shipping Industry especially on gratuity, adding that based on the above, the Maritilne Workers Union agreed to suspend the on-going industrial strike.

By Roland Ekama