By Victor Ahiuma-Young
ORGANISED Labour in the power sector has said it will soon descend on Shiroro and Jebba dams, among other Electricity Generation Companies, GENCOs in the sector perceived to be engaged on anti-workers’ practices.
National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, gave the hint during the recent commemoration of World Decent Work Day in Lagos.
Speaking, General Secretary of NUEE, Mr. Joe Ajaero , recalled the challenges the union had faced since the private sector investors took over the electricity sector in November 2013, when the first action taken by the new owners was to sack over 50 percent of the workers.
Ajaero who was represented by a Vice President of NUEE, Ntukube Obot, equally recalled that not long after, the electricity distribution companies, DISCOs, had a meeting where they vowed to do away with trade unionism and labour…
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