Lacasera Shuts Down Operations, Sacks 700 Staffs
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Scores of angry workers of La Casera Company Plc staged a protest, on
Monday, in Lagos after about 700 workers received their sack letters,
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported.
The workers said they are protesting because the company’s management
responded to their efforts at unionism by firing all of them.
The company, however, described the protest as an invasion of its premises by ‘hoodlums.’
NAN reported that the crisis began after the workers arrived at the
company premises in Amuwo Odofin Industrial Estate, Mile 2, Lagos, and
found the gate locked against them and a notice of disengagement pasted
at the entrance.
The notice, dated September 14 and addressed to all members of staff,
stated that “as a result of the unwarranted breaking-in and invasion of
our business premises on September 11, we cannot guarantee the
well-being of our employees from hired hoodlums and their collaborators.
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| Aggrieved Worker |
“As a result of this unprovoked act of vandalism, we are unable to
continue operations under this circumstance. Unfortunately, we regret to
inform all our staff of their immediate disengagement.”
The workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Food, Beverage
and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE), condemned the act, noting that some of
them had worked for between five and 15 years.
Mr Mike Olarenwaju, Head of Education Department in NUFBTE, who spoke
for the workers, said that for 12 years, the company denied workers the
right to be unionised.
Olarenwaju said that when an in-house union was about to be
inaugurated, the management of the company sacked the chairman, which
made the NUFBTE officials to visit the company on Friday, September 11
to address the workers.
“We were surprised today that the company locked the gate and sacked
the workers. Meanwhile, the case between the workers and the company
over unionisation is currently at the National Industrial Court,” he
said.
Olanrewaju urged the government to intervene in issues of unfair labour practices being perpetrated by foreign companies.
He said that until the workers were re-absorbed, the union would continue to picket the company.
Mr Idowu Adelakun, the state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress
(NLC), told NAN that the act of calling labour officials hoodlums was
wrong and vowed that labour would not allow the company to function
until the matter was resolved.
Lacasera is a beverage company owned by Indians which started operations in Nigeria in 2000.
When contacted, the Human Resources Manager of the company,
identified as Chief Otemewo, told NAN on phone that he was not aware of
the crisis and promised to call back when he obtained details of the
sack.
(NAN)
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