{"id":380566,"date":"2017-12-06T10:08:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T10:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=380566"},"modified":"2017-12-06T15:39:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T15:39:45","slug":"workers-at-eni-project-strike-over-wrongful-dismissals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=380566","title":{"rendered":"Workers at ENI project strike over wrongful dismissals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian workers operating on the ENI Onshore Receiving Facility (OCTP- TEN) project at Sanzule in Ellembelle, a district in the Western region, have suspended operations over what they describe as unlawful dismissals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi Business News <\/strong>understands the workers have embarked on a sit-down strike as a result of the development.<br \/>\nThe Ghanaian workers, numbering about 500 say they are gradually being replaced by other nationals on the field despite having the same qualifications.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-79721 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2017-12-06-at-09.31.54.jpeg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2017-12-06 at 09.31.54\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nOne worker, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the situation as a breach of the country\u2019s local content laws.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-79720 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2017-12-06-at-09.31.53-1-Copy.jpeg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2017-12-06 at 09.31.53 (1) - Copy\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nThey believe the move is also a violation of their three-month renewable contracts with Amaga Oilfield and Orsam.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-79718 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2017-12-06-at-09.31.52-Copy.jpeg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2017-12-06 at 09.31.52 - Copy\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nIt is unclear what has led to this development as management of ENI is yet to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The OCTP fields are expected to continuously supply Ghana&#8217;s thermal power system, from 2018 to 2036.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian workers operating on the ENI Onshore Receiving Facility (OCTP- TEN) project at Sanzule in Ellembelle, a district in the Western region, have suspended operations over what they describe as unlawful dismissals. Citi Business News understands the workers have embarked on a sit-down strike as a result of the development. The Ghanaian workers, numbering about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":380568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,171,170,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-local-economy","category-oil-and-gas","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=380566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/380568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=380566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=380566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=380566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}