Negotiation on new minimum wage has been adjourned till Wednesday after organised labour rejected the new N54,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government, a highly reliable source who attended the meeting said on Wednesday. It was exclusively reported that the Federal Government upped its offer from its earlier proposed N48,000 to N54,000. Tuesday’s meeting came as a result of …

The organised labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Monday, ordered state chapters to issue two weeks ultimatum to states that have failed to implement the old N30,000 minimum wage. The NLC and TUC took this decision during a jointly held National Executive Council meeting which took place on Monday. In a joint …

Organised labour on Wednesday pulled out of the ongoing minimum wage negotiations with the Federal Government. The development came after the Federal Government and the Organised Private Sector (OPS) made an offer of N48,000 and N54,000 wage respectively. NLC and TUC described the offer as “ridiculous”. It was gathered that while the Federal Government did not provide any data to …

In the wake of ongoing protests against the electricity tariff increase, the Federal Government has pleaded with labour unions not to disrupt its plans to reform the sector. The call comes amidst growing tensions between the government and labour unions over recent increases in electricity tariffs. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had picketed offices of …

The United States Department of Justice announced that after a two-week trial, a federal jury in Camden, New Jersey, found a Nigerian couple, Bolaji Bolarinwa, 50, and Isiaka Bolarinwa, 67, both from Burlington County, New Jersey, guilty of forced labour and other related crimes. The couple, aged 67 and 50, coerced two individuals into domestic labour, including childcare, between December …

Organised labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), has demanded N615,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country, PUNCH reports. An impeccable source, who is an executive of organised labour, who did not want to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, told Sunday PUNCH that the …

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero has said that, if the ongoing inflation continues unabated, organised labour might push for a new minimum wage of up to N1 million for Nigerian workers. Ajaero said the demand from organised labour would be influenced by the cost of living which has been increasing since President Bola Tinubu …

The organised Labour and the Federal Government are on a collision course over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of the N35,000 wage award to workers. In separate interviews with our newsmen on Monday, Workers in the Federal Civil Service noted that the Federal Government only paid N35,000 wage award for September. Following the removal of the fuel subsidy …

Penultimate week; I travelled home to be part of the 60th anniversary celebration of my alma mater, Owo High School (OHS), founded by Pa Michael Adekunle Ajasin, that great educationist credited as one of the brains behind the Free Education programme of the Action Group in the First Republic. Ajasin was also the inimitable National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) and Afenifere …

Organised labour and the Federal Government yesterday agreed on an eight-week deadline to thrash out all contentious issues and implement the resolutions arising from the demands of labour. Following President Bola Tinubu’s announcement of the removal of the fuel subsidy on 29th May, organised labour threatened to go on strike, alleging that the government did not put in place measures …