The Organised Labour and the federal government are on a collision course over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers. Workers in the Federal Civil Service, in separate interviews with our correspondent yesterday, noted that the federal government only paid N35,000 wage award for September, reports The...
•Adams Oshiomhole Senator Adams Oshiomhole representing Edo North Senatorial District has urged the public and private sectors to pay staffers the new minimum wage of N35,000 before Christmas. The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress cautioned that there would be no Christmas festivities if workers were not paid the new mi...
Music streaming company, Spotify announced today that it would be cutting about 17 per cent of its workforce – about 1,500 workers – in an effort to save costs in the face of “dramatically” slower economic growth. The announcement follows a 26 per cent increase in active users to 574 million during the third quarter, […]
•Mbah Enugu Governor Peter Mbah has directed the verification and biometric capturing of all local government workers in the state. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia today in Enugu. According to the statement, the verification committee will be inaugurated on Friday, December 1, 2...
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) will commence a nationwide strike by midnight, Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The nationwide strike is coming on the backdrop of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) joint National Executive Council (NEC) meeting yesterday Tuesday, November 7, 2023, directing its affiliate U...
•Seyi Makinde The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared that workers and pensioners in the state would receive a monthly cash award of N25,000 and N15,000 respectively for the next six months. He noted, however, that the workforce and the people of the state would have to work with the state government to develop […]
Without prompt intervention from the state government, Oyo workers and pensioners represented by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and their affiliated groups might initiate an indefinite strike in the state starting tomorrow Monday, November 6. A congress where the decision might be taken had been fixed for M...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will mobilise its members to storm Imo State on Wednesday, November 1. Briefing journalists at the Labour House on Sunday in Abuja, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, accused the Imo State Government of violating the rights of the Nigerian workers in the state, reports Channels TV. Accusing Governor [&hel...
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