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NUPTE Warns Courier, Telecom Companies Against indecent Jobs

NUPTE Warns Courier, Telecom Companies Against indecent Jobs

The National Union of Postal and Telecommunications Employees (NUPTE) has warned Couriers and Telecoms companies operating in Nigeria against indecent Jobs.

President of NUPTE, Comrade Buba, Nehemiah G while speaking during this year World Day For Decent Work (WDDW) in Abuja said the union would soon mobilise against such organizations.

He said it is against the law of the land as well as ILO conventions for employers of labour to refuse an employee his/her right to belong to a Union of their choice.

“NUPTE primary objective is to ensure that the social economy interest of its members are secured by way of protecting their rights in all form of workplace discrimination, Casualization, slave labour or policies that are inconsistent with principles of Decent Work are eliminated.

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CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO NUPTE TRANEX,UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) AND DHL NIGERIA BRANCH

CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE

We, the leadership and members of National Union Postal Telecommunications Employees (NUPTE), are glad and happy to hear that you all have been elected as the Branch Representatives of the Union, NUPTE TRANEX BRANCH,UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) AND DHL NIGERIA on the 30th and 31st July respectively.

Members have elected you all as their leaders; it’s your turn to serve them wholeheartedly: promote, uphold and defend the interest and rights of all members of the Union without fear or favour. 

We hope you will surely do a good job, we all have expectations from you, and hope you will use your position for the amelioration of your various Branches and NUPTE at large. You certainly deserve this role, and we congratulate you all on your success.

We know how much effort you all have put in to achieve it which finally, you all did. We wish you all the best on your tenure and hope to see your hard work. Also, we pray you all give better performance and undertake all the responsibilities well and serve the workers rightly.

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NUPTE SAYS NO TO CONTRACTUAL AND OUTSOURCING OF JOBS IN THE COURIERS AND TELECOMS SECTORS.

NUPTE SAYS NO TO CONTRACTUAL AND OUTSOURCING OF JOBS IN THE COURIERS AND TELECOMS SECTORS.

The National Union of Postal and Telecommunications Employees (NUPTE) as an umbrella Union representing the interest of workers in Nigeria Communication sector is predicated on the Trade Union logic that workers are key stakeholders in the economic wellbeing of their respective sectors. Invariably, being in the front line of bringing about economic opulence in the communication sector in Nigeria

NUPTE primary objective is to ensure that the social economic interest of its members are secured by way of protection of their rights that all forms of workplace discrimination, casualisation or policies that are inconsistent with the principles of Decent Work are eliminated

The international Labour Organisation defined DECENT WORK as the ability of workers to undertake their economic activities in dignity and conditions that promote respect for their worker no matter his/her status. The four pillars of decent work which are: employment opportunities, workers rights, social protection and representation are virtually absent in this sectors where we operate.

Most employment offered by these companies are outsourced, casualised or time-specified. It is like a taboo for workers virtually in the couriers and telecoms sectors to belong to the Union of their choice as doing such will automatically lead to job loss, as their jobs are subtly and strictly tied to their not joining a Union. This policy negates the international Labour Organizations’ freedom of Association and the protection of the Right to Organize Convention, the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention which Nigeria is a signatory to and Section 40 of the 1999 Constitution as amended. 

Some of these companies, like GIGL, Zenith Carex, RT.Com Nigeria,  Glo, 9mobile, Airtel, have made it understandable that they are adverse to Unionism

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Know your right

  • Right to life: This is the first Human right law; right to live, in particular, should not be killed by another entity including government.
  • Right to work: This is a fundamental Law that allows workers the freedom to chose where to work and whether or not to join a Union in a working place.