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Home |   About Us |   Contact Us |   Members |   Search |   Subscribe |   Disclaimer |   THE GUARDIAN CONSCIENCE, NURTURED BY TRUTH LAGOS, NIGERIA.     Friday, July 23 2004   news   editorial/opinion   politics & people   business   sports   metro   capital market   weekend   golf weekly   Guardian Chat Click to join the chatroom Oshiomhole may plead for Slok Airline workers From Segun Ayeoyenikan, Abuja I N a bid to save the necks of the workers of the embattled Slok Airline, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Adams Oshiomhole, has pledged to intervene in their employers face-off with the government. Reacting to the save-our-soul pleas of the workers made in a peaceful protest march to the Labour House in Abuja yesterday, Oshiomhole promised to send a letter to both the Ministry of Aviation and the Presidency over the ban placed on their employer. Oshiomhole expressed pity on the plight of the workers, assuring them of his intention to intervene in the matter. The Federal Government had in February announced the withdrawal of the operating licence of Slok Airline on the ground of what it called "unethical practice." The workers, numbering over 30, had stormed the Labour House, headquarters of the NLC, carrying placards and chanting songs in demonstration of their displeasure with the ban. Led by Slok Airline's General Manager, Mr. Emeka Ikeogu, the workers informed the NLC president of their employer's intention to lay them off. "We are under pressure by the management to be laid off because the airline's management complained they could no longer pay the bills in terms of salaries to workers." The airline, according to the demonstrating workers, had lost several millions of naira since its closure four months ago. This was in addition to bills incurred by the company on the payment of salaries without the airline operating. Oshiomhole expressed shock at the plight of the company. According to him: "I thought by now the matters would have been resolved. "Not unexpectedly" he said, the first casualty in any management misfortune are the workers. � 2003 - 2004 @ Guardian Newspapers Limited (All Rights Reserved).  Powered by dnetsystems.net dnet�

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