States yesterday kicked against Organised Labour’s minimum wage demands for Nigerian workers, saying they were not realistic. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is proposing N709,000 while the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) is recommending N447,000 as the new minimum wage for workers. But states are proposing between N45,000 and N70,000,...
For workers in the South West geopolitical political zone, the Nigeria Labour Congress has called for a new national minimum wage of N794,000. Chairman of the Lagos State Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mrs. Funmi Sessi made the aforesaid recommendation to the ruling government today. Sessi made the call in the memorandum submitted at the South-...
•NLC strike The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has proposed the sum of Eight hundred and fifty thousand Naira as the new minimum wage for workers in the South-South geopolitical zone. Chairman of NLC, Akwa Ibom State Council, Comrade Sunny James presented the position of the zone today in Uyo, the state capital during the zonal […]
•NLC strike The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) ,FCT chapter, has proposed N709,000 as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The NLC FCT Chairman, Dr Stephen Knabayi, made the submission at the North Central Zonal Public Hearing organised by the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage today in Abuja, reports NAN. President Bola Tinubu...
•Labour strike The South-East chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have proposed N540,000 and N447,000 respectively as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The organised labour of NLC and TUC made the proposal during the South-East Zonal Hearing organised by the Tripartite Committee on National Mi...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero There are strong indications that Organised Labour will push for N500,000 as the minimum wage as the zonal public hearing on the new wage structure begins on Thursday (today) in Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, and Abuja. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in an interview on […]
•House of Reps Members of the House of Representatives today tasked the federal government on the need to accede to clarion call by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) by providing living wage for workers across the country. This is as the lawmakers warned that, “unless very immediate and pragmatic steps are taken to improve the […]
•Minister meets with the NLC President, Joe Ajaero in Abuja The federal government has said the wage award of N35,000 for January and February 2024 is being processed. Earlier, the Trade Union Congress (TUC), an arm of the organised labour, had accused the federal government of not being serious about implementing the agreement signed with [&h...
•NLC President, Tinubu & TUC President The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, 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 by the cost of […]...
Workers in the construction industry are set to begin a three-day warning strike today. They premised their action on the alleged failure of their employers, the Federation of Construction Industry (FOCI), to negotiate the payment of N35,000 minimum wage, reports The Nation. The workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Civil Engineeri...
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