Itsekiri, Ijaw, Ilaje CPFSPW reject proposal for marginal salary increase, longer working days

 Itsekiri, Ijaw and Ilaje Community Pipeline Facilities Surveillance Programme Workers, CPFSPW, have rejected proposal of marginal salary increase and longer working days, allegedly put forward at the meeting held in Lagos between the management of Chevron Nigeria Limited and the leadership of Itsekiri, Ijaw and Ilaje Regional Development Committees, RDCs.

The aggrieved Itsekiri, Ijaw and Ilaje CPFSPW, while dismissing Chevron Nigeria Limited’s position that they were employees of the RDCs and had nothing to do with the company, told Correspondents in Sapele, Delta State, Tuesday June 18, that their employment predates the year 2006, when the GMoU Governance Model of Chevron Nigeria Limited, was birthed.

A Cross Section of Itsekiri, Ijaw & Ilaje CPFSP workers, during the press briefing 

Addressing Newsmen shortly after their emergency meeting in the ancient city of Sapele, Chairman of Itsekiri, Ijaw and Ilaje CPFSPW, Comrade Raymond Aderojor, declared that they would not accept the alleged proposal of N9,126 and N10,600 per day, which amount to N191,646 and N222,600, respectively, for job schedule of 12hours daily and 3weeks per month for their members.

Whilst insisting that Itsekiri, Ijaw and Ilaje CPFSPW, demand same salary with community workers in Chevron platform, purportedly receiving N18, 550 and N21, 650 per day, totaling N389, 550 and N454,650, respectively for 21 days, Aderojor, who stressed that they should be allowed to work within the existing two weeks job schedule, noted: “The Community workers at the Chevron platform, are working for 8hours daily, from 8am to 4pm, compared to the 12hours, each of our members put in daily.”

He warned: “We will commence fresh strike and shut-down Chevron Nigeria Limited operations in Dibi, Olero, Otunana, Makaraba, Abiteye, Opuekeba and Escravos fields in Delta State, if Chevron Nigeria Limited refuse to accede to our demands.”

Recall that the affected workers, had on Tuesday May 14 this year, stormed Dibi, Olero, Abiteye, Utonana, Macaraba and Escravos facilities of Chevron Nigeria Limited, chanting solidarity songs with placards, showing their grievances.

They initially rejected an alleged proposal of a 10 percent salary increase from their existing monthly pay, ranging between one hundred and fifteen thousand naira (N115,000.00) and one hundred and thirty thousand naira (N130,000.00) per worker.

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