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\n\u200eBy Emmanuel Ikpe, Uyo
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\n\u200eThe Nigeria Labor Congress has disagreed with management of AMITEC Construction and Building Development Company over an alleged maltreatment of members of the union as it affected their rights and entitlements.
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\n\u200eThe State Auditor of the NLC, Comrade Kokoete Eno expressed the grievance while addressing a cross section of workers of the AMITEC along Uyo Village Road who were out for protest to demand for their due wages and arrears which have been uphold for a while now.
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\n\u200eThe Union while insisting that the company was not fare to have asked her members to withdraw from the NLC when it is their rights and privilege to belong to association of their choice.
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\n\u200eThe Union also asked the construction company to do everything possible to ensure her members under their employ are paid commiserate minimum wage as provided for by Nigeria law.
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\n\u200eThe NLC disassociated herself from the alleged reduction of 25,000 thousand naira from the worker’s salary by the company in the guise of union levies, noting that union is not aware of such bargaining.
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\n\u200eThe union insisted that if the company goes on to sack any of her members for fighting for their rights, they would hesitate to closedown the company sites across the State.
\n\u200eHowever urging the workers to return to ignore the protest and return to site for the interest of the ongoing dualiziation work along Uyo Village Road, the union gives the company two weeks to resolve the crisis for the interest of the State.
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\n\u200e”In as much as the governor need this job to be completed, the governor should be aware of the condition in which Akwa Ibom children are going through to service foreign company, if AMITEC sacks any of our members, we will short down AMITEC, there are so many companies that deliver premium works for the state”.
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\n\u200eMeanwhile, The union chairman with the AMITEC, Comrade Sylvester Okon called on the construction company to improve their welfare package, insisted that union must exist in the company and condemned the illegal deduction of salaries.
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