•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 […]
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...
More than 500 personnel of the National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), left its services in search of greener pastures in the last two years, its Chief Medical Director, Prof. Mahmud Raji, has disclosed. Raji told our correspondent today in Abuja that most of them went abroad in search of better working conditions, reports The Guardian. “The […...
There is growing restiveness among the staff of the federal civil service, ministries, departments and agencies, and MDAs, over unpaid January salaries. The worker’s situation is compounded by the fact that they also owed a backlog of N35,000 in wage awards, reports Vanguard. It was gathered that non-payment of the January salary to core civil...
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