Organised Labour, at the weekend in Ibadan, Oyo State, urged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the floating of the national currency and energy cost to lessen the hardship across the country. Under the aegis of the National Union of Shop and Distributive Employees (NUSDE), Organised Labour noted that Nigerians and businesses are passing through very difficult times and that the …

The Committee on Consequential Adjustments in Salaries for civil servants met on Friday as regards the new minimum wage template and agreed that the effective date for implementation of new minimum wage be set a 29 July 2024. This is according to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) issued at the end of the meeting which was sighted by our correspondent …

The Civil Society legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has said it worried about the allegations by Nigeria Police, which it describes as an attempt to silence the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). “We are deeply shocked and concerned by the ongoing attempts to incriminate, silence, and blackmail the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) for its efforts to champion the …

Organised Labour has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to prove his love for Nigerian workers and approve its demand of N250,000 minimum wage to reflect the present inflationary trend in the country. Speaking to Vanguard, a member of the organised labour negotiating team in the Tripartite Committee of the New National Minimum Wage and President-General of the Maritime Workers Union …

The organised labour has vowed to reject any ₦62,000 or N100,000 minimum wage proposal for Nigerian workers by the federal government. In an interview on Channels Television on Monday, the Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Chris Onyeka, described such a proposal as a “starvation wage”. Onyeka insisted that labour won’t accept the latest government’s offer of …

Organised Labour on Saturday tackled the state governors, accusing them of acting in bad faith towards the new minimum wage negotiations ongoing in the country. Earlier, the governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) rejected the proposed N60,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers. In a statement on Friday by the Director of Media and Public Affairs for …

The Super Eagles camp in Uyo didn’t grow beyond 15 players on Monday as eight of the players, Semi Ajayi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Calvin Bassey, midfielder Frank Onyeka, forward Paul Onuachu, Maduka Okoye, Alex Iwobi and Ademola Lookman were left stranded in Lagos and Abuja respectively due to the ongoing nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which grounded flight …

As the nationwide strike by organised labour over a new minimum wage for workers paralyse economic activities across the country, the Federal Government and labour leaders engage in a meeting in Abuja later on Monday. The ongoing meeting has the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero; and his counterpart in the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a nationwide strike beginning from Monday, 3 June over the tripartite committee’s inability to agree on a new minimum wage and hike in electricity tariff. At a joint news conference with in Abuja on Friday, the labour leaders said that the decision follows the expiration of an earlier …

The Federal Government has added N3,000 to its initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage, making it N60,000 proposed on Tuesday during a meeting of the tripartite committee on minimum wage in Abuja. Organised labour, comprising the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress, also went down by N3,000 from its last proposal of N497,000 during the last minimum wage meeting. …