The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Emmanuel Osodeke, has warned members against making the union’s struggle look like a fight for their salaries and welfare only at the expense of better public universities.Osodeke said unions in the past made members’ salaries and welfare the only focal points of their struggles when they should have fought diligently for the survival, continuity and efficiency of public institutions and systems.Osodeke disclosed this while making remarks during a ‘University-wide Seminar with the theme: “The Demands of Scholarship in the 21st Century’ which entered its second day on Wednesday at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye, Ogun State.He said the former approach made the union lose their jobs and welfare at the end of the day when those institutions collapsed.
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Emmanuel Osodeke, has warned members against making the union’s struggle look like a fight for their salaries and welfare only at the expense of better public universities.Osodeke said unions in the past made members’ salaries and welfare the only focal points of their struggles when they should have fought diligently for the survival, continuity and efficiency of public institutions and systems.Osodeke disclosed this while making remarks during a ‘University-wide Seminar with the theme: “The Demands of Scholarship in the 21st Century’ which entered its second day on Wednesday at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye, Ogun State.He said the former approach made the union lose their jobs and welfare at the end of the day when those institutions collapsed.