{"id":346132,"date":"2025-08-04T01:40:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T00:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=346132"},"modified":"2025-08-03T18:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T17:36:57","slug":"mwun-decries-employer-negligence-on-seaferers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=346132","title":{"rendered":"MWUN Decries Employer Negligence On Seaferers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The leadership of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) says has condemned the negligence of employers of seaferers saying it will no longer tolerate it.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">MWUN in a statement by its President-General, Comrade Francis Bunu, and signed by Head of Media, Mr. John Kennedy Ikemefuna, said this during a routine tour of a facility of Melsmore Marine Nig. Ltd., at Ibeju Lekki.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bunu said the tour was to sensitise seafarers employed by Melsmore about their forthcoming unionisation into MWUN.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said it had been agreed that seafarers in Melsmore should be unionised in conformity with maritime standard of operations in Nigeria and globally.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIt has been observed that most seafarers in the country are poorly catered for on board vessels, and poorly remunerated&#8221;, Buni said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the President General, some seafarers were being made to work under hazardous conditions with little or no safety and health facility on board.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the situation jeopardises\u00a0 the health of the seafarers with communicable diseases, which have claimed the lives of sailors and crews while on sea.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSuch absolute negligence on seafarers within the maritime space in Nigeria by employers of labour in the maritime industry will no longer be tolerated in any ramification.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis period is a new order in the maritime Industry, and every employer of labour must comply with all global safety standards on board vessels.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAny employer found wanting henceforth, in this regard, will be appropriately dealt with, according to Maritime Labour Rules and Regulations&#8221;, he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He continued that\u00a0 unionization of the workers would\u00a0 produce a work guidelines and welfare package book.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leadership of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) says has condemned the negligence of employers of seaferers saying it will no longer tolerate it. 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