OK Foods workers protest over poor pay
By Guardian Exclusive
24 February 2021 |
1:56 pm
Hundreds of casual workers protested against what they described as their pathetic situation at OK Foods, a subsidiary of Olam International Limited, at Toyota bus-stop, on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, yesterday.
They alleged poor pay, poor working conditions and constant threats of being laid off.
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