Following the ongoing face-off between it and Nigeria Police, the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked its members to be ready to commence a nationwide strike if need be by midnight of Tuesday. The labour centre said in a communique after its emergency National Executive Council in Abuja that it had directed all the state chapters and affiliates …

The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday issued a note of warning to the Federal Government over the withheld salaries of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions. The congress in a statement by its Head of Public Affairs, Benson Upah said the government will court a nationwide protest if it …

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero on Thursday gave reasons why the Organised Labour accepted the proposal of N70,000 minimum wage from the President, Bola Tinubu. Ajaero, who spoke to State House reporters after the meeting with the President, said the unions agreed to the offer because of other incentives attached. He said another reason for accepting …

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has rejected the suggestion by governors that they should be allowed to determine the wages of their workers, saying it is not only dictatorial but against the concept of the minimum wage. In a communique on Thursday at the end of their meeting held in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, the Southern Governors Forum advocated that each …

The Organised Labour has urged President Bola Tinubu to consider consulting and reaching an agreement with its leadership before transmitting the proposed bill on the new minimum wage to the National Assembly. This was as the union admitted that their much-anticipated meeting of the National Executive Committee, which will accommodate about 300 Labour leaders, is being stalled by President Tinubu’s …

Last week, I published here the first part of “One year later, what value has President Tinubu added to our lives?” with a promise to publish part two here today. In the midst of that came a critical dimension to the lingering strike by Labour. With Labour still flexing muscles and the Government appearing reluctant to play ball; another nationwide …

Organised labour has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s claims that an agreement has been reached on new national minimum wages. In his nationwide broadcast to make Democracy Day earlier on Wednesday, the President had said that a consensus had been reached on the long-debated new minimum wage between the Federal Government and organised labour. He explained that an executive bill would …

The House of Representatives has accused organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) of feeding the public about what it described as “fake earnings” of its members. It said that the attempt was made to stoke public resentment against the lawmakers and undermine the credibility of the legislature. It warned that such acts could …

Organised labour may settle for N100,000 minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage commences daily meetings for five days to reach a consensus. Multiple sources in the labour movement told The PUNCH on Tuesday that the union leaders were willing to review their demand from N494,000 to N100,000, following the criticism and controversy that trailed their proposal …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their industrial action – over a lack of consensus on a new minimum wage and the hike in electricity tariff  – for one week. After a joint extraordinary national executive council meeting of the unions in Abuja on Tuesday, TUC President Comrade Festus Osifo said: “A joint NEC …