Contract workers: Labour demands equal pay in oil sector
*Says what you are paid should be equivalent to what another person doing the same job elsewhere is paid ORGANISED Labour is demanding a harmonized salary structure for contract workers in the nation’s Petroleum Industry to ensure equal pay for jobs done in the sector. This followed a motion on “Harmonization of Salary Structure for Contract Workers in the Oil Industry,” presented by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, at the 13th Quadrennial National Delegates' Conference , NDC, of NLC in Abuja. The motion was unanimously adopted by delegates at the NDC in Abuja. Earlier, NUPENG had pointed out that the “exploitative and precarious nature of employment in the Oil and Gas Industry by management is a thing of concern that needs to be addressed as it appears to be a policy that has come to stay with us for now. “And if that is the case, how do we manage it effectively? It is in this light that NUPENG is advocating for a Harmonized Salary...