The Campaign for Democratic and Workers' Rights (CDWR) in Bayelsa State has called on the management of Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yenagoa to meet the demands of its striking workers without any further delay.
The health workers under the banner of Joint Health Sector Unions at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), had embarked on strike after an initial three-day warning strike, demanding payment of outstanding promotion arrears. However, the refusal of the management of FMC Yenagoa to pay promotion arrears and other outstanding allowances, currently being enjoyed at other FMCs, made the strike inevitable.
The group in solidarity with the health workers on their ongoing indefinite strike action urged the Nigeria Labour Congres (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the state to compel manangement of FMC to pay workers their allowances.
“We call on the management of FMC Yenagoa to meet the demands of the striking workers without any further delay. We commend the workers for organising mass actions and not reducing the strike a sit-at-home strike action. We call for the solidarity of the Nigeria Labour Congres (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Bayelsa and the entire trade union movement to throw their weight behind the struggle of the workers.
“We argue further that only a democratic socialist political and economic solution can sustainably guarantee the interests of workers. This is why CDWR supports the ongoing initiative to build the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) and call on workers to join the SPN today,” the group stated.
Source;http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/bayelsa-group-seeks-end-to-fmc-workers-strike/186737/
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