Aviation Workers Call Off Strike

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After the protest of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) against Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited for sacking airport workers, the strike has been called off.

On Tuesday, flights were suspended while passengers were left stranded due to the shutting down of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2), by aviation workers.

ATSSSAN was protesting against the sack of its 34 members without due process and it was just an act of wickedness melted on the workers.

It said rather than implementing the conditions of service as agreed with them in 2021, the BASL management had resorted to the sacking of its members, including the union’s executives.

However, in a statement on Wednesday, Frances Akinjole, deputy general secretary of the union, said the union had ended the strike following the intervention of concerned ministries, and agencies at a meeting in Lagos.

As the company has accepted to call back the laid-off members of the union and signed an undertaking to pay their salaries.