Aviation

NUATE election: I will a restore worker’s confidence- Popoola

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 1 November 2023 0

BY CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO A contender for the post of the National president of the National Union Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Comrade Lanre Popoola says, he will build and restore worker’s confidence by embarking on aggressive enrollment of workers back to the union. Speaking with

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NUATE cautions minister over cost implication of agencies relocation

Ihesiulo Grace 22 May 2020 0

.As ATSSSAN insists on payment of relocation allowances The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has written to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika on the directive asking aviation agencies to relocate to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) within 45 days saying the cost implication was not only high but not a component […]

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Adverse effect of COVID-19 worse than 9/11-Union

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2020 0

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) says the adverse effects of the current coronavirus across the world is worse than the September 9/11 in the United States  The union at the weekend titled virus and labour issues in aviation, a call for dialogue signed its national president Comrade Ben Nnabue called for adequate […]

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Sirika, 400 delegates for NUATE conference

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

Minister of State Aviation Hadi Sirika, heads of aviation agencies and over four hundred delegates will converge on Asaba, Delta state capital for the national delegates conference of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE). According to the general secretary of NUATE, Comrade Olayinka Abioye, the 10th quardrennial national delegates conference with its

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Aviation union lays siege on ASL over workers welfare

Ihesiulo Grace 14 February 2018 0

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) have continued to lay siege at the Newrest ASL, the in-flight catering service in the Nigeria aviation industry over the refusal of the management to allow the workers to join the unions of their choice. NUATE has since Monday grounded the operations of Newrest ASL, which has […]

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Aviation unions protest appointment of GM in aviation parastatals

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2017 0

Aviation workers unions under the auspices of the National Union of Air Transport Employees, (NUATE) , the Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria, (ATSSSAN) and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, (NAAPE) Thursday protested at the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN) at the Murtala Muhammed Airport,

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Aviation Union Seeks More Roles for Women in Unionism

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

Nigerian workers have been advised to educate and organise themselves, as well as give women greater roles in unionism, so that they could be relevant in the emerging labour market. The advice was given, on Thursdaty, by Comrade Abiodun Aremu, at the first annual Pre-May Day Seminar organised by the leaders of the National Union […]

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FG Suspends FAAN Director

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

The Federal Government has withdrawn the letter of appointment of the Director of Finance in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria,(FAAN) Mr. Tochukwu Bede Uchendu. In a letter dated  April 27, 2015, and signed by A. A. Tsafe, Director,Human Resource Management, for the Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka,read “We regretfully inform you that the letter […]

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Expatriate Quota Abuse Worsening in Aviation Sector – Ex-NUATE Scribe

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2015 0

One-time Secretary General of National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and a former member of the Civil Society Representative (Aviation) in MTSS, Comrade Razaq Saidu, has said that the rate of expatriate quota abuse is getting worse in the nation’s aviation sector. According to Saidu, the situation is more deplorable among operators of private […]

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New Cockpit Policy Not Solution to Germanwings Experience – Union Scribe

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2015 0

The Assistant General Secretary of National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Comrade Olayinka Abioye has said that increasing the number of pilots in the cockpit of aircraft is not the solution to the Germanwings experience. Recalled that a co- pilot of the Germanwings aircraft alleged locked out his pilot when he went to use […]