By Gambo Jagindi
January 12, 2021
Breaking: Labour Suspends CAC planned strike by two weeks
The Amalgamated Union Of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees AUPCTRE has suspended its planned industrial action against the maladministration in Corporate Affairs Commission CAC for two weeks
The suspension follows intervention by the permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment
AUPCTRE Union led by Comrade Benjamin Anthony and Dr Sani Gwarzo permanent secretary ministry of trade and Investment held a closed door meeting for 9 hours between 2pm -11pm on Monday
The permanent secretary was able to positively intervened in the crisis leading to the Union shifting the proposed Tuesday strike by 14 days
Gwarzo also directed the Registrar General CAC to maintain status quo and reverse all actions initiated against the CAC branch Union executive by the management
As a result of this intervention the union issued statement shifting the proposed industrial action to the next 14 days within which all contentious issues shall be resolved.
Aluta News reports that the Union, among other issues, accused CAC management of unilaterally restricting staff vacancies against the recommendations of the committee on the commission’s organogram, and particularly expressed disgust at the “unjustified barring of certain categories of staff from writing promotion examination”.
It also accused management of stopping all staff loans, hasty, draconian and unilateral decision making leadership style, and denial of 2019 promotion arrears to deserving workers.
It also accused management of stopping salaries of workers even before queries were issued, at the peak of COVID-19 pandemic.