The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has vowed to descend heavily on Terminal Operators and Employers of Seafarers’ and Dockworkers over alleged irregularities in the Maritime Workers pensions remittance nationwide.
The leadership of the Union said it recently got the wind that its members employers of labour and terminal operators were involved in 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 Francis Bunu has said that the Union will have no other options than to 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.
Comrade Bunu also stated b that these erring companies in the Maritime sector would be shut down if this ugly trend is not reversed to status quo.
