Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Nigeria State Oil Workers Plan Strike From Midnight to Protest Plant Sale

(Bloomberg) -- Workers at Nigerian National
Petroleum Co. will stage a strike at midnight unless an
agreement is reached to save jobs following last week's sale of
the Port Harcourt refinery.

About 6,000 members belonging to the Petroleum & Natural
Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, or Pengassan, and the
National Union of Petroleum & Natural Gas Workers, or Nupeng,
plan to halt work at refineries, depots and other facilities
operated by NNPC, said Lumumba Okugbawa, deputy general
secretary of Pengassan.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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