MWUN to strike over non payment of salary arrears to CRFFN workers

Mrs. Chinyere Uromta, Acting Registrar, CRFFN

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has threatened to embark on strike over the refusal of the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) to pay nine months salary arrears to its employees who are its members.

The Union informed that it has gone through and exhausted all the necessary procedures of reaching amicable resolution of this matter including issuing various ultimatums, which have been defiantly ignored by the Acting Registrar of CRFFN, disregarding all resolutions reached at several mediation meetings.

The last of such meeting, according to President – General, Comrade (Prince) Dr. Adewale Adeyanju, was the one held in Abuja on Wednesday, the 18th of September, 2024; and a host of other infractions on the rights of our members ditto the payment of their wages.

President – General, Comrade (Prince) Dr. Adewale Adeyanju, said “The Union is more dismayed over CRFFN the outright disregard to one of the resolutions reached, stating that going forward,  payment of Staffers salaries should be of paramount attention first should funds be made available for the Regulatory body and there should be no diversion of such available fund into any other expenditure. But CRFFN went ahead to organize a “Kangaroo” training for some select staffers, leaving behind a humongous cache of unpaid salaries.

“It’s unfortunate that after the Union had extended a good hand of fellowship to engage and collaborate with the management of CRFFN under the purview of the Acting Registrar, the CRFFN still went ahead to act contrary to the resolution reached with the Union against the wellbeing of our members, while trampling on the rights of our members to the gainful enjoyment of their earned salaries.

“The Union has resolved not to continue watching with folded arms the impunity of CRFFN being put on public show; hence, the Union has decided to bring this to public knowledge that should CRFFN continue to withhold the nine months salary arrears owed our members who are CRFFN employees, the Union will have no other option than to withdraw the total services of our members in the Nigerian Ports Authority,  Dock Labour,  Shipping & Freight Forwarding Agencies, Seamen from all ports, jetties, terminals, and Oil and Gas platforms. All authorities should please take note.”

Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, MWUN President-General