By Perez Brisibe

UGHELLI—THE Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has handed Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, and its contractors  a 14-day ultimatum to address the union’s demand for the unionization of the seafarers in the company’s operations.

MWUN, which is the umbrella body of all maritime workers, in a letter to the management of Chevron, accused the company of  “deliberately and illegally denying the union from carrying out its functions since the inception of Chevron’s activities in the Central Zone”

In the union’s letter signed by Jonathan Esimi, Secretary,  the 5-man Special Committee, further accused the oil major and its contractors of feigning ignorance of the existence of the union and the legal instrument that created it.