Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria has given Intels Nigeria Limited a 7-day ultimatum to recall over 600 workers it recently sacked from Rivers and Warri operational areas or face total shutdown of its operations.
The Rivers State Secretary-General of MWUN, Felix Akingboye made this known in a letter issued to the Managing Director of Intels Nigeria Onne Port.
He said, “I have been directed to issue your management with a seven-day notice effective from the date of this ultimatum, within which to withdrawal all the letters of termination/redundancy served on the workers and recall them to duty, otherwise we shall be compelled to withdraw our services from your terminal at the expiration of the notice.”
“We demand that status quo ante should remain, pending when a management/Union meeting is convened to negotiate their exit and payment of terminal benefits,” he added.
The affected workers were largely employees of Associate Maritime Services, AMS, a subsidiary of Intels.
