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Last Updated: Wednesday, December 15th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Lagos firm sacks 1000  protesting workers   By Victor Ebimomi Reporter, Lagos   No fewer than 1000 workers of Formosa Bottling Company may have been sacked by the management over their protest for improved conditions of service. The workers have been at loggerhead with the company for weeks demanding for improved pay package and the right to unionize to protect their interests, but the management allegedly opposed to the demands. It was also gathered that the workers were equally demanding payment of their outstanding salaries. This development has forced the company to lock the workers out for days while policemen were drafted to the company along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway to forestall breakdown of law and order. The workers who seemed determined to have their way however converged on daily basis at the company�s gate to express their grievances but usually barricaded by the police. But the management in its latest offensive has issued a memo terminating the appointment of the protesting workers. The memo reads in part: � Due to the on-going re-organisation in the company, management hereby terminates the employment of all staff/workers�. It then directed the workers to come over to the company to collect their entitlements. Some of the affected workers lamented the shoddy deals they have allegedly suffered in the hands of the Taiwanese management, which they accused of treating them like slaves by paying them stipends and refusing to allow those of them that have worked for more than one year to the privilege of becoming full staff. � They pay us just three hundred Naira per day despite working from morning till night�, one of the workers said, adding that the management�s latest action � will affect more than one workers�. Attempts to speak with the management staff was unsuccessful as security officers at the gate said they have gone for meetings. Formosa Bottling Company (Nigeria) Limited is the producer of Lulu range of juice drinks and Formosa table water. Owned by Taiwan nationals, it started operations less than two years ago.   Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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