Economic Recession: NLC Proposes New Minimum Wage Amount For South-West Workers
This bold proposal comes at a time when discussions around the need for a revised minimum wage are intensifying across Nigeria.
This bold proposal comes at a time when discussions around the need for a revised minimum wage are intensifying across Nigeria.
These measures, according to the NLC, are vital in addressing the root causes of the country’s economic woes.
The association disclosed this while stating that failure to meet their demands would result in a nationwide strike.
Ongoing disputes over issues such as the payment of Earned Academic Allowance and the renegotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement have fueled recurrent strikes in government-owned universities.
The unions regretfully noted that the necessity to take such drastic action stems from the ongoing disregard for the well-being of Nigerian citizens and workers, alongside the escalating economic challenges.
Workers in several states joined the strike, shutting down activities at several government-owned facilities.
“Zonal coordinators and branch chairpersons should immediately mobilize our members to participate in the action.” ASUU
Both unions had earlier on Monday called on workers across the country to down tools at midnight as their standoff with the Imo State government takes a national undertone.
The defendants are Nigeria Labour Congress and the secretary General, Comrade Emmanuel Ugboaja and the Trade Union Congress and its secretary General, Comrade Nuhu Toro.
These ‘thugs’ were later to unleash mayhem on the few workers who had already gathered, smashing car windscreens, delivering matchet cuts on some, stabbing many, and inflicting all manners of injuries on the workers
Recall that the labour unions had vowed to enforce an indefinite nationwide strike action from October 3, following the Federal Government’s failure to address the economic hardship that Nigerians are currently facing owing to its unplanned removal of fuel subsidy.
The Nigeria Labour Congress NLC insists that the scheduled national demonstration against the current hardship inflicted on Nigerians by President Tinubu’s APC-led administration following the abrupt removal of fuel subsidy. … Read More
Monday’s meeting was the fourth in a series of negotiations between the FG and organized labour since the discontinuance of petroleum subsidy, as announced by President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023.
Recall that on Monday, during his inaugural speech at Eagle Square in Abuja, the President, Bola Tinubu declared that the era of subsidy payment on fuel has ended.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has taken steps to avert the impending nationwide strike of the Nigeria Labour Congress, billed to commence on Wednesday. The labour union … Read More