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…Asks oil workers to be on alert for directives By Victor Ahiuma-Young Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has condemned Tuesday night shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll gate, describing it as barbaric. The Union has asked members to stay calm and await further directives from its leadership. A statement
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Labour unions in the oil and gas sector have directed their members in Chevron Nigeria Limited to commence a total shut down of the company’s operations following the sack of 600 Nigerian employees and other anti-Labour practices by the management of the company. The Unions, National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) and the
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Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and their Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, counterparts, Sunday, ordered members in Chevron Nigeria Limited to shut down the company’s operations over sack of 2,000 Nigerian employees and other perceived unfair labour practices by the company.
Read More By Victor Ahiuma-Young Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has called on stakeholders, especially the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR; Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC; Ministry of Labour and Employment, and Ministry of Petroleum Resources to compel Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, and Valliant Energy Services, to pay the benefits of workers
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Ahead of organised Labour planned nationwide strike from Monday over recent hike in electricity tariff and petrol pump prices, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has has said import-driven deregulation of the petroleum sector is unsustainable.
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By Victor Ahiuma-Young Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, have elected Osifo Festus as the new President of the Association for the next three years. Festus of Total Nigeria Plc in the early hours of Friday 28th August, emerged 16th President after he defeated his challenger, Roland Frederick,
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By Victor Ahiuma-Young Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has put on hold its planned nationwide strike scheduled for Thursday, August 27, after Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, and its contractors agreed to immediately unconditionally recall the 175 workers sacked last week. Recall that NUPENG had Thursday last week issued a seven-day strike
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By Victor Ahiuma-Young A meeting between Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, over last week sack of 175 members, has ended in deadlock, even as the union intensifies mobilisation of members ahead of Thursday expiration of the seven day strike notice. Meanwhile, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has
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Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has berated Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, over last week’s sack of 175 members of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and endorsed the seven-day strike notice by NUPENG over the matter.
Read More The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has said that the seven-day ultimatum given to Chevron Nigeria Ltd (CNL), and its service contractors to recall the 175 sacked contract workers was still intact. NUPENG’s National President, Mr Williams Akporeha, and General Secretary, Mr Afolabi Olawale, made the clarification in a statement on
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