National Union of Hotels and Personal Services Workers explained

The National Union of Hotels and Personal Services Workers (NUHPSW) is a trade union representing hospitality workers and those in related fields in Nigeria.

The union was founded in 1978, when the Government of Nigeria merged the following unions:^[1]

Cafe de Chinese Catering and Restaurant Workers' Union
Federal Place Hotel African Workers' Union
Food and Drinks Workers' Union of Nigeria
Hotels Presidential Workers' Union
Lagos Airport Hotel Workers' Union
Niger Gondola Hotels Workers' Union
Nigerian Catering Co. Ltd. Workers' Union
Nigerian Hotels African Workers' Union
Nigerian Union of Catering Hotels and Allied Workers' Union
Nigerian Union of Hotels, Restaurant and Night Club Workers
Nigerian Union of Housekeepers, Cooks, Maids, Stewards and Related Workers
South-Eastern State Catering Hotels and Allied Workers' Union
Taj Mahal Hotel and Allied Workers' Union
Western State Canteen Workers' Union

In 1978, the union was a founding an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress. It had 30,000 members in both 1988 and 1995.^[2] ^[3] From 1992 until 1997, it had a dispute with the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) over which union should organise catering staff who worked for oil companies. Although courts rules in the NUHPSW's favour, workers in the sector preferred to remain part of NUPENG, and the NUHPSW did not ultimately expand into the area.^[4]

References

News: Restructuring of trade unions . 2 January 2021 . Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette . 8 February 1978.
Book: LeVan . A. Carl . Ukata . Patrick . The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics . 2018 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0192526324.
Book: Nigeria . 1995 . U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
Book: Oikelome . Franklin Omobhude . THE ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCE OF TRADE UNION COMMITMENT IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY: THE CASE OF NIGERIA . 2014 . London School of Economics . London . 14 January 2021.