The United Kingdom has banned health and care workers from bringing dependants to the country. This was made known by the UK Home Office via its verified X handle (formerly Twitter) today. “From today, care workers entering the UK on Health and Care Worker visas can no longer bring dependants. “This is part of our […]
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions, after a [&hell...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the federal government to remove impediments on healthcare workers’ paths to migrating to greener pastures. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, made this submission at the 11th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) tod...
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-...
•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...
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