Protesting workers in Oyo State, on Monday, locked the state secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan, to demand palliatives, upward review of pension allowances and refund of monies deducted from their salaries in the past., Trade Union Congress , Nigeria Union of Pensioners , Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees and their affiliates.
He said the union leaders had explored all mechanisms towards an amicable resolution of the dis[ute but yielded no fruit. Mr Olabiyi said: “We are here to see the governor. We believe that our demands are before him. There is a six months deduction that the state government has withheld. Deductions that are supposed to go to cooperatives, housing, union dues, taken from workers’ salaries, have been withheld.
Also speaking, the NLC chairman in the state, Kayode Martins, said the state organised labour union had been misrepresented in its dialogue with the government, hence the need to have an understanding with the governor in person to resolve their agitations.
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