The union representing Air Canada flight attendants said today it had ended a strike over wages and unpaid ground work after reaching a “tentative agreement” with the airline. Roughly 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job after midnight on Saturday, prompting cancellations that have impacted around half a million people, reports AFP. The...
•Nigerian workers The Nigeria Labour Congress today issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government over its failure to constitute the governing board of the National Pension Commission. The Labour Centre also accused the government of diverting workers’ funds through the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, reports The PUNCH. According...
•General Abdourahmane Tchiani Niger’s lawyers have announced a two-day strike tomorrow and Friday to protest against the military government’s dissolution of the West African country’s justice unions. The lawyers accuse the junta, which seized power in the jihadist-hit Sahel nation in a July 2023 coup, of threatening the independence of the ju...
•Nurses and Minister of Health Minister of Health, Prof. Pate The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives – Federal Health Institutions Sector has denied reports quoting the Minister of Health, Prof. Muhammad Pate, that the union has suspended its ongoing nationwide seven-day warning strike. Speaking with our correspondent today, ...
•Tunji Alausa Minister of Education Tunji Alausa has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is determined to ensure that there are no industrial actions in the education sector. Alausa, who spoke yesterday as a guest on a national television programme, said the president had directed his team to ensure that the Academic Staff Union ...
After a very rowdy meeting which lasted from 2:30 p.m. on Saturday to 4:00 a.m. yesterday, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has agreed to suspend the proposed strike over the new circular issued by the National Salary, Income and Wages Commission on reviewed allowances for Medical and Dental Officers in the Federal Public Service and [&h...
•Nigerian workers In compliance with the strike declared by the Organised Labour in Ogun, most state government agencies are under lock and key, paralysing activities in the state. Our correspondent who monitored the strike today in Abeokuta observed that most entrance gates were locked, reports NAN. The Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeri...
•A classroom The Federal Capital Territory Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) Abuja, has suspended a strike embarked upon by primary school teachers in the FCT on March 24, 2025. The union urged all primary school teachers to resume school today, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. This was contained in its communique after a […]
Resident doctors at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, have said that they will embark on a one-week warning strike over poor welfare. The doctors, under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), in a communiqué issued today and signed by its President, Babarinsa O. A., and Secretary, Disu K. B., stated that [&he...
•Artistic impression of striking lecturers Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Jos branch, have announced the withdrawal of their services tonight due to what they described as the delay in the payment of their June 2025 salary. The chairperson of the branch, Jurbe Molwus, confirmed that the withdrawal wou...

