UNIOSUN workers protest no-work-no-pay

Members of workers' unions at the Osun
State University on Monday staged a protest
against the no-work-no-pay threat issued by
the management of the university against
the striking workers.
The protesting workers, who are members
of the Non-Academic Staff Union and the
National Association of Academic
Technologists in the six campuses of the
institution, described the no-work-no-pay
threat as laughable.
The workers had embarked on an indefinite
strike since last Wednesday, but the
management of the university threatened to
implement a no-work-no-pay policy to cow
the workers.
The Chairman of NASU, Mr. Isaiah Fayemi,
while addressing the workers, denied the
claim by the management of the institution
that the strike did not follow the procedure
contained in the labour law.
According to him, the workers gave the
management the required notice of strike,
saying this made the strike legal.
He said, "It is unfortunate that the
management, rather than seek ways to
accede to the demands of the unions, is
threatening not to pay members of staff
their legitimate salary because of a
legitimate industrial action they are
participating in. UNIOSUN is the only
institution in the whole South West that is
not enjoying the hazard allowance. LASU,
EKSU, TASUED and even LAUTECH that is co-
owned by Osun and Oyo states "government
are being faithful to this hazard allowance."
The chairman of NAAT, Mr. Adeleke Ismaheel,
stated that the workers would not suspend
the strike until the management met their
demands.
According to him, the workers are
demanding for the implementation of the
hazard allowance, arrears, overtime
allowance and stoppage of special
allowances for some selected workers. He
added that the demands must be
implemented before the strike would be
called off.