The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria said it will not relent in protecting the rights ofworkers in the oil industry.
Its members stated this resolve during a protest at the offices of an oil-servicing company in Lagos and Port Harcourt.
Organized labour in the oil and gas industry picketed the Lagos office of Baker Hughes in protest over alleged anti-labor practices by the company’s management.
The aggrieved members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior staff Association of Nigeria are kicking against the sack of some its members without following due process.
PENGASSAN also disrupted operations at the Port Harcourt office of Baker Hughes demanding an end to what it described as illegal redundancies and casualization of labor.
The communications department of Baker Hughes responded via E-mail to our request for a reaction.
It explained that the company has been forced to cut cost and restructure its business due to unprecedented market conditions.
