We are ready for war with Union Bank - NLC

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Written by Soji-Eze Fagbemi Friday, 11 February 2011

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday, called on all its affiliates and allies in the civil society groups and the entire Nigerian workers to be ready for the picketing of Union Bank headquarters and all its branches across the country on Monday, February 14, 2011.

The congress said in a statement signed by its president, Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar, that it was ready for war as being declared by the Group Managing Director of the bank.

In a statement entitled: “Funke Osibodu’s declaration of war : NLC is equal to the task,” Comrade Omar said the NLC was fully ready, adding that the congress will never allow the rights of workers, or that of any of its affiliates, to be trampled upon with the level of demonstrable impunity and despotism as is being visited on the bank’s workers by the Osibodu-led management of Union Bank.

Comrade Omar said: “The attention of the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has once again been drawn to the anti union antics of the Group Managing Director of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Mrs Funke Osibodu, and her recent utterances the last of which was in a meeting she had with the staff of the bank early this week.

“In the meeting, Mrs Osibodu boasted and vowed that she will demystify the NLC and threatened to dismiss any staff found to express interest in unionism or associate with the NLC or participate in the impending picketing of the bank.

“We wish to, therefore, call on all affiliates of Congress, our allies in the civil society and the entire Nigerian workers that the leadership of congress is ready to enforce the mandate given to it at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of Friday, February 4, 2011 where NEC resolved that workers picket the national headquarters of Union Bank and its branches across the country as from 8am on Monday, February 10, 2011.”


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If the woman is actually doing the right thing, why is she afraid of unionism?