came up in the sector. Individual workers were approached but out of fear of being victimized by employers they directed union organizers to contact their managements. Of course letters were written but the employers were not forthcoming and when the Ministry of Labour was also written there was no reply. The union also took its case to the international level by soliciting the assistance of Union Network International(UNI) to prevail on MTN to allow its workers outside South Africa to unionise. While the efforts yielded fruits in Zambia, for instance, it did not yield any positive result in Nigeria because of jurisdictional dispute with a sister union, the Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association(PERESSA)(Source: Interview with past President-General, SSACTAC). 69