Hundreds of angry workers of La Casera Company Plc. have shut down work at the company’s factory in Lagos. La Casera Company Plc. is the manufacturer of the popular La Casera drink. The workers say they are protesting because the company’s management responded to their efforts at unionism by firing all of them.
Read what La casera said below:
In a statement Monday, by Tola Bademosi, spokesman of the company, said the Company has shut down operations at its Mile 2 site on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway because it could no longer guaranty the safety of workers after its premises was invaded Weekend, by over 200 demonstrators led by representatives of the National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco of Employees (NUFBTE). Alleging that workers were compelled to stop work and asked to sign consent forms by the unionists.