Federal Government representatives and Labour leaders will today resume talks on petrol subsidy removal palliatives, it was confirmed yesterday. Both parties are expected to harmonise some of the demands put forward by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). According to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Kachallom Daju, the parties will reconvene at the presidential Villa, …

Imo State labour leaders have again expressed the satisfaction of state workers and retirees over the rehabilitation of the state civil service by Governor Hope Uzodimma. At a meeting with the Governor, the labour leaders endorsed Uzodimma’s second term bid as they showered encomium on him for his “excellent performance and governance of the state”. The union leaders recounted how …

Organised labour is demanding a  harmonised salary structure for contract workers in the nation’s petroleum industry to ensure equal pay for jobs done in the sector. This followed the unanimous adoption of a motion on “Harmonisation of Salary Structure for Contract Workers in the Oil Industry”, presented by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) at the …

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, members of the Coalition of Peter Obi Support Groups (CPO) in Kwara State have raised the alarm over alleged plot by some candidates and leaders of the Labour Party in the state to negotiate the collapse of the political structure of both the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the party – …