The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has accused terminal operators and shipping companies of failures in pension remittances for dockworkers and seafarers.
The Union vowed in a statement at the weekend that it would descend heavily on the perpetrators of the illegal acts, and shut down their operations.
The statement reads that: “The leadership of the Union recently got the wind of these employers of labour and terminal operators over their acts of irregular remittance of their employees pensions to its appropriate quarters, thereby, shortchanging the Seafarers’ and their counterparts, the Dockworkers, both categories of workers from the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria.
“It was also learnt that some Ship Owners and Terminal Operators have allegedly stopped the remittance of Dockworkers and Seafarers’ PSA in there employ, which is a gross violation of labour laws.
“Given this backdrop, the President -General of the Union, Comrade Bunu, a Maritime Expert, Seasoned Sailor and Business Administrator charged that the Union will have no other options than to descend heavily and bring to book all the earring managements of these companies working against the ethics and practices of labour rules in their various companies.
“The Delta State born labour leader made this point known, stressing that it’s unlawful to deny workers their pensions rights either by crook or hook, and may not hesitate to call out these Concessionaires and Shipping Companies that have defaulted in the payment of the statutory pensions of the Union Members.”
