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-...
•Olympics logo A group of charities claimed Wednesday that French police were cracking down on Paris sex workers ahead of the Olympics. A report issued by 17 non-government organisations who work with prostitutes said that they shared the same conclusion as to the increased repression and sometimes changes in police practices, reports AFP. “Th...
Staff of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State disrupted convocation ceremony with a protest demanding N35,000 wage award being paid to civil servants since November last year. The protesters under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee of all Tertiary Institutions had been on an indefinite strike a...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the two-day protest by members of the union is about hunger and not just a clamour for a review of the minimum wage. While there was a meeting between the Federal Government and NLC authorities to forestall the protest, the dialogue ended in a deadlock, […]
•Governor Makinde Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, today, joined labour protesters in the state in raising alarm about the deteriorating economic situation in the country. The governor said hardship and poverty have reached alarming levels, with many unable to feed themselves or find work, reports Vanguard. He urged all parties to work togeth...
•Ogun protest The Nigeria Labour Congress, Ogun State Chapter, has joined their counterparts across the country to protest the prevailing hardship occasioned by fuel subsidy removal and attendant skyrocketing prices of goods, particularly food among others. The leadership of the NLC disclosed that the two-day rally slated for today and tomorro...
•Lekki Port, Lagos The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria said it will join the two-day nationwide protest being organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress. This was contained in a statement today by the Head of Media, MWUN, Kennedy Ikemefuna, reports The PUNCH. Ikemefuna said the move was necessary following the directive of NLC that its [&helli...
The main entrance of Ogun State Magistrate Court, Isabo, today Judicial workers in the Ogun State Judiciary today, began a five-day warning strike, over non-payment of their 40 per cent peculiar allowance. Both the Magistrates and High Courts in the Isabo and Kopabe areas of Abeokuta were locked as a result of the strike, reports […]
The organised labour in Niger State has announced an indefinite industrial action, beginning from today, Wednesday, February 21, 2024. In a letter addressed to the Niger State government through the office of the Secretary to State Government and jointly signed by the state chairman of the NLC, Idris A. Lafene, and state chairman of the [&hell...
•NLC The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have sent a notice of a 14-day national strike to the federal government. The unions said that the 16-point agreement that was reached on October 2, 2023, between them and the federal government, has not been implemented, reports The Nation. The […]
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