Following the recent sacks carried out by some banks in the
last three months, a situation that led to the federal government mandating
them to stop sacking or face severe sanctions, the leadership of the Nigerian
Labor Congress have written to the six Nigerian banks asking them to recall the
staff they laid off recently or face a national strike action.
In the letter signed by NLC's Deputy General Secretary,
Chris Uyot, and sent to the managements of
Skye Bank, First City Monument Bank,
Fidelity Bank, Diamond Bank, Ecobank and First Bank, the labor organization
accused the banks of sacking their staff without obeying laws and also
preventing their staff from forming labor unions.
The letter in part reads…
“I have been
directed to notify you that we have been informed by our affiliate union, the
National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees that
your bank has arbitrarily sacked a large number of workers contrary to laid
down procedures and the country’s extant labour laws.
In addition, you have also resisted unionisation of workers
in your bank despite spirited efforts by the union to amicably engage you in
the process.
By this letter, we are giving your bank 14-day ultimatum commencing
from Thursday, 16th June, 2016 to immediately recall all workers so sacked and
allow unionisation of workers in the bank or face industrial action, which may
include closure of your banks and all its outlets nationwide.”
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