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\par By Olamide Olatunji & Ojo Olajire
\par 
\par The Steel and Engineering Workers Union of Nigeria (SEWUN) picket}{ed the}{ Nexans Kabelmetal factory }{in Lagos on Friday 10 January}{ 2003 to demand the recall of Rufus Olusesan, one of our comrades, who was 
sacked unjustly by the company management in December 2002.
\par 
\par The picketing started by 7am at the premises of Kabelmetal in Ikeja. The SEWUN activists arrived at the company gate in a fully loaded bus and six other cars with union flags, placards and banners. The workers of the 
company who were supposed to go on morning shift were effectively mobilized to join in the picketing. The workers were very glad to join the action. They also blamed the whole crisis itself on their local union leaders, who wrote a letter to management
 implicitly recommending two of their members, namely Rufus Olusesan and Lawson Mgetta, for sack}{ing}{ based on the duo}{\rquote }{s active role in opposing the fraudule}{nt and unilateral deduction of }{1}{,}{000 }{naira (US$ 7.50) }{from each worker}{
\rquote }{s November salary.
\par 
\par One of the highpoints of the action was the dissolution of the local union by the congress (general }{meet}{ing) of workers and the immediate composition of a new set of executives under the chairmanship of Rufus Olusesan, the 
victimized comrade. All the workers unanimously adopted him as the new chairman amidst a lot of cheers. It is important to note that the General Secretary of the dissolved executive who wanted to sneak into the premises 
through the second gate was fished out and seriously embarrassed before managing to run away on a motorcycle.
\par 
\par The management at around 10:00 am called for dialogue with the national leadership of SEWUN, who went to the meeting with three of the newly elected local officers. The meeting lasted for about three hours, during which the 
workers maintained the picket line, with protest songs and with solidarity messages from various organisations like DSM, NCP, NANS, CIU, NLC.
\par 
\par At the end of the meeting, the National President of SEWUN read out the resolution of the meeting. They are as follows:
\par 
\par * That Rufus Olusesan should consider himself to be on leave and not sacked, with all entitlements that follows.
\par * The union agreed to suspend the industrial action till 14th January 2003 when the company}{\rquote }{s managing director is expected back into the country.
\par 
\par The union still maintains its demands as
\par 
\par * Unconditional and immediate recall of Rufus Olusesan
\par }{* Refund of the }{1,000 }{naira }{arbitrarily deducted from workers salary
\par * Immediate removal of the Deputy Managing Director, Muyiwa Owotumi
\par 
\par A leaflet by the CIU and the DSM bulletin on }{the }{NCP}{\rquote s}{ }{election }{registration were distributed and contacts made for the NCP and DSM.
\par 
\par }}