Air Transport Services Union Calls Off Strike

Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) on Tuesday, ended the industrial action against Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited over the sacking of 34 members of the union without due process.

The deputy general secretary of the union, Mr. Frances Akinjole, said this in a statement made in Lagos on Wednesday.

The unions Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSSAN) and its affiliates were protesting the sack of 34 of its members by Bi- Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), managers of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) Ikeja , Lagos.

Gentechnews reported that there was heavy traffic on the link road leading to the international terminal when ATSSSAN shut down MMA2 terminal at the early hours on Tuesday, November 1 as many passengers were stranded and others were forced to miss their flight.

Akinjole said in the statement that the union ended the strike following the intervention of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, the Federal Airport Authority, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency and other airport security agencies at a meeting in Lagos.

“The  strike that was embarked upon on Nov. 1 against the Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, has been called off pursuant the acceptance by the company to recall the laid off members of our union and an undertaking to pay their salaries.

“The agreement was reached at a meeting empaneled by the Ministry of Labour & Employment, NCAA, FAAN, NAMA and airport security agencies,” he added.