LACASERA RECALLS 700 WORKERS

Demonstrating Lacasera staff 

NigerianEchoes  can report that about 700 staff of Lacasera Plc, who had been laid off by the company, have been reinstated.

This much was revealed to our correspondent by Comrade Olowofala Olatunji, the Lagos state council 1 chairman of the National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE), during a brief chat on Friday evening.

The union leader, who had been bullish in his initial comment following the decision by the Indian company to lay off such a large number of staff, noted with a smile on his face, that the reinstatement remains a major victory for his group.


Some of the workers during the protest in Lagos a few weeks ago, they seem to be happy now after the recent development
Pandemonium had struck on Friday, September 11, when the management of the company announced that it was laying off over 700 workers over several acts of discrepancies which our correspondent gathered, were summed up by their request for a union to regulate some activities.

The workers had taken to the streets of Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos state to protest the sudden decision by the company to strip them of their means of livelihood, as the union leaders also showed solidarity.



But reports on Friday evening showed that the workers have been recalled and normalcy has also returned to the company.

Olowofala told Naij.com that the company has agreed to have the union and have also agreed that the workers who were sent away have since resumed.

“They have resumed since last week because we have achieved our aim there.

“Everything has returned to normal now and the workers and their employers are in good terms because we have all reached a common ground,” the elated union leader noted.
Confirming the latest development also was a staff of the company, Eniola Emmanuel, who affirmed that although everybody had yet to return to work, those who had been reinstated have gotten new contracts from the company.

According to him: “Everything is really fine now. Although everybody is yet to be recalled, those who have resumed have gotten new contracts from the company and everybody is quite happy to return to work after the long lay-off.”

This reinstatement will come as a huge relief for the staff of the company who had lamented their ‘unjust’ sack by their employers.