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.
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