Labour vows to occupy Rivers state over anti -workers policies

Organised Labour under the auspices of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has concluded mobilisation to shut down Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, and other major cities in the state unless the state government stops unfair labour practices immediately.   In a press statement issued in Lagos , the ASCSN Secretary-General, Comrade […]

Organised Labour under the auspices of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has concluded mobilisation to shut down Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, and other major cities in the state unless the state government stops unfair labour practices immediately.

  In a press statement issued in Lagos , the ASCSN Secretary-General, Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal, expressed worry that all effort by the Trade Unions in Rivers State to bring the government to the negotiating table to address all festering labour matters including the issuing of queries to labour leaders by the Rivers State government had been ignored.

The union  said outstanding labour issues in the state include the demands by Trade Unions that retired officers should vacate their offices in line with the Public Service Rules; that deductions made from salaries of workers under the Contributory Pension Scheme being withheld by the state government should be remitted to the Pension Funds Custodians (PFCs) immediately; stagnation of officers, and non payment of statutory allowances to law officers.