2000 NURTW-BRT workers protest job loss without arrears, compensation
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- February 8, 2016
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Over
2000 workers of the First BRT Cooperative operator, owned and managed
by the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), are currently
lamenting their recent job loss, without plans for compensation or
payment of salary arrears.
The workers, made up of bus drivers, supervisors, ticketers among others, have alleged that they are beeing owed 13 months salary and have been abandoned by their NURTW employer.
Staging a protest match to the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa, the stranded workers urged the legislators to intervene and help minimise their untold suffering.
It would be recalled that the NURTW-BRT workers were suddenly thrown into the labour market some three weeks ago, when the state government suspended the first BRT operators from operating on the Mile12-CMS route.
One
of the drivers, Kehinde, noted that several efforts to hear from the
NURTW chairman in Lagos, have proved abortive. “The chairman of NURTW
has been promising to address the issues but he has not shown up since
then. He has given six different appointment dates that he didn’t keep.
He recently told us to take our plight to the Oba of Lagos, saying after
all, we are casual workers. We are not casual workers. We have our
appointment letters and confirmation letters.”
Road
supervisor, Solomon Fasuyi, said since January 27, 2016 when the
contract was terminated, there has been no word from their employer
about their fate. “We are asking: what is our fate after eight years
(2008-2016); which way forward? Where are our benefits?
“Our 13 months salaries have not been paid and with the closure of this scheme, we are also asking for entitlements for over the period of eight years. Many of their members on account of injuries in the line of duty are in the hospitals without support from any quarter,” Fasuyi said.
Culled from Today
The workers, made up of bus drivers, supervisors, ticketers among others, have alleged that they are beeing owed 13 months salary and have been abandoned by their NURTW employer.
Staging a protest match to the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa, the stranded workers urged the legislators to intervene and help minimise their untold suffering.
It would be recalled that the NURTW-BRT workers were suddenly thrown into the labour market some three weeks ago, when the state government suspended the first BRT operators from operating on the Mile12-CMS route.
“Our 13 months salaries have not been paid and with the closure of this scheme, we are also asking for entitlements for over the period of eight years. Many of their members on account of injuries in the line of duty are in the hospitals without support from any quarter,” Fasuyi said.
Culled from Today
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