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    Telecoms Workers Begin Nationwide Strike

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    Workers in the nation’s telecommunications industry under the aegis of the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association (PTECSSAN) will today (Monday) begin an indefinite nationwide strike over sack, and poor working conditions among others.

    Among the employees going on strike include field maintenance engineers, transmission engineers, customer service engineers, fibre engineers, and other critical staff.

    There are fears that strike could disrupt telecommunications services nationwide if not resolved quickly.

    PTECSSAN had given notice of the strike in a statement signed by Mr Okonu Abdullahi, its general secretary.

    Abdullahi said the strike had become necessary following alleged anti-labour practices including the refusal of the employers to recognise and respect the workers’ constitutional rights to freely associate with the union.

    He alleged also that three members of the union were unjustly sacked.

    He said: “We shall not be suspending the planned indefinite strike action until our demands, which are as follows, are met:

    “Immediate reinstatement of the three unjustly sacked workers: Sotola Sunday Kolawole, Ulu Ikechukwu Christopher and Alex Franklin C.”

    “Immediate recognition of the fundamental right of the employees to freely associate with the union, “he said.

    According to the general secretary, other demands include immediate recognition of the union as the negotiating body for the employees on workers welfare.

    He said also that the union was demanding the immediate remittance of membership dues into its account as earlier provided among others.

    “We hope that these companies will utilise the seven-day window of this notice to meet our demands and avert the indefinite strike action,” Abdullahi said

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