The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has agreed to suspend its ongoing industrial strike after intervention by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council.
MWUN had embarked on strike on Monday following a breakdown of negotiations between the Union and the Shipping Companies/ Agencies & Freight Forwarders Employers Association (SCAFFEA) on Minimum Standard of Condition of Service in the shipping industry.
At a meeting held at the Council’s headquarters in Lagos on Monday, there were presentations by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council through the Executive Secretary, Hon Emmanuel Jime, and also by the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria through the President-General, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju and the Shipping Companies/ Agencies & Freight forwarders Employers Association by Mr. Ascanio Russo.
In a communique issued at the end of the deliberations and signed by the Shippers’ Council boss, Adeyanju and Ascanio, the following resolutions were reached:
“The Maritime 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.
“Parties agreed to a timeline of one month starting from Monday 5th June 2023 to 4th July 2023 for completion of the negotiations.
“Parties to establish an acceptable Minimum Standards on the Condition of Service in the Shipping Industry especially on gratuity.”
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