NUJ, NUPPPPROW Pickets Champion Newspapers Over Salary Arrears

The Leadership of two Industrial Unions in Lagos State Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and its counterpart National Union of Publishing, Printing and Papers Product Workers (NUPPPPROW) have sealed off the premises of Champion newspapers.

According to the NUJ Zonal Secretary, Gbenga Lawal, Media Practitioners stormed the Champion Newspapers office at Ilasa Lagos making good the unions threat to indefinitely close the newspaper premises over non payment of workers salary arrears.

The NUJ zonal secretary said the union is implementing the decision of the National Executive Council of the union to picket media houses in the country that have refused to pay workers salary arrears and allowances. Also the NUJ Lagos State Chairman, Comrade Deji Elumonye said the unions would seal off the premises of the newspapers until the entire allowance and salary arrears owed the workers by the company’s management are paid.

He said no effort of the newspapers management to pacify the unions would be acceptable until the entire workers salary arrears are paid.

The union’s chairman said the exercise was in strict adherence to the directive from the unions national body.

However, as of the time of going to press The Tide could not ascertain if the company management has agree to pay the outstanding workers salary arrears and allowances with the unions leaders to necessitate reopening of the company premises as the two sides are still in a meeting.