The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has raised an alarm that soldiers have surrounded the venue of its meeting with the federal government over minimum wage negotiation. “Soldiers are presently surrounding the venue of the meeting between Labour and Government at the premises of the SGF,” NLC wrote on X. In a post on its official
BREAKING : ASUU Declares indefinite Strike Action
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has joined the NLC and TUC strike action nationwide. The letter duly signed by their National president, Emmanuel Osodoke signalling the strike action starting today, Monday, the 3rd of June, 2024. See circular below :
Labour Declares Strike Over New Minimum Wage, Electricity Tariff Hike
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a nationwide strike beginning from Monday, June 3rd, 2024 over the tripartite committee’s inability to agree on a new minimum wage and hike in electricity tariff. The President of the TUC Festus Osifo announced the strike at a joint news conference with the leadership
BREAKING : NLC draws battle line with FG as Minimum wage talk stalls
THE Organized labour on Wednesday stormed out of the minimum wage committee meeting with the Federal Government over the later’s offer of N48,000 new wage. Recall that the organized labour had made a demand of N615,000 as the new minimum wage and had given the government up till May 31 to conclude negotiations on new
Is Bola Tinubu Really Taking Nigerians for Granted?
Nigerians seem like defeated people with the current situation of things….. They seem so weak to act. Bola Ahmed Tinubu seems to be exploiting that weakness and painfully adding salt to injury. His utterances show he doesn’t care about how people feel… A well meaning Nigerian penned down her mind towards Tinubu’s recent utterances towards
Attack Our Protesters, Risk Total Shutdown – NLC Warns FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it is aware of plans by state-sponsored persons to attack its rallies scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. Should such attacks occur, the NLC said, it would order its members to totally down tools and possibly bring the Nigerian economy to a halt. “… if we are attacked there will be
NLC declares 2-day national protest over hardship
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Friday, directed its members and affiliate unions to begin mobilisation for a two-day national protest expected to take place on February 27 and 28 if the federal government failed to implement all the agreements signed with it in October 2023. The two-day national protest will take place at the
NLC, TUC Issue 14-day Nationwide Strike Notice To FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, have issued a 14-day nationwide strike notice to the Federal Government. Their grouse is the non-implementation of the 16-point agreement between organised labour (NLC and TUC) and the Federal Government on October 2, 2023. Leaders of the NLC and TUC are sad
NLC raises Fresh Concerns Over the New Minimum wage Proposal
N200,000 minimum wage no longer realistic – Labour The Nigerian Labour Congress said on Tuesday that the N200,000 minimum wage it earlier proposed to the Federal Government was no longer realistic, considering the country’s CURRENT economic situation. The congress, which spoke through its National Vice President, Tommy Etim, was reacting to Tuesday’s inauguration of the Minimum
BREAKING : NLC, TUC suspend strike
The National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Wednesday night suspended the ongoing strike. The unions said the suspension followed the intervention of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. Our correspondent gathered that the meeting which commenced at a few minutes past 7 pm lasted for close to one hour