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Leadership imbroglio facing the Labour Party is far over as factional National Chairman, Julius Abure, on Tuesday rejected the judgment of the Court of Appeal, vowing to challenge it at the Supreme Court. A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja unanimously dismissed Abure’s appeal, describing it as unconvincing and lacking legal foundation. […]
Continue ReadingNational Public Service Negotiating Council of the Organised Labour has formally demanded a N154,000 minimum wage, a 120 per cent upward review of salaries and allowances for public workers in Nigeria. The new demand, according to the union, is to mitigate what it described as the “life of servitude” currently being experienced in the country. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has embarked on a protest against hardship in the country. NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had on February 8, issued a 14-day nationwide strike notice to the Federal Government over the failure to implement the agreements reached on October 2, following the removal of fuel subsidy. There were stories […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview with Arise News television on Sunday evening, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has stated that if the ongoing inflation continues unabated, organised labour might push for a new minimum wage of up to N1 Million for Nigerian workers. Ajaero said the demand from organised labour would be influenced […]
Continue ReadingOn the day Nigeria played Italy at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, I was inside a public bus. When I left our office in Ajao Estate, Lagos state, for a Bible study meeting in my church at Surulere, the Super Eagles were leading 1-0 via an early goal by Emmanuel Amuneke […]
Continue ReadingNational executive councils of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Wednesday night suspended their nationwide strike over an alleged assault on the President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero. The unions said the suspension followed the intervention of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. The OPS comprising critical players […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has advised citizens to stock their homes with food items, medicines and other essential things ahead of the commencement of its seven-day strike to protest the removal of fuel subsidies and the escalating cost of living in the country. The warning, it noted, had become necessary because the strike would cripple […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their planned nationwide strike that was scheduled to start today, Monday, September 28, in protest against the hike in the price of fuel and electricity tariff. The strike was suspended after reaching a consensus with the Federal Government early Monday morning at a […]
Continue ReadingIndustrial unions in the oil sector can play a role in re-fuelling the Nigerian economy. However, we should realise that the Nigerian economy cannot be seriously re-fuelled as long as it is controlled by imperialism through the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. This is compounded by the refusal of successive Nigerian governments to recover […]
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