A customer leaves an MTN shop in Johannesburg, file. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

“MTN lost ₦12 billion in 4-days of picketing by NLC”

Telecom operator, MTN Nigeria has reaveled it lost over ₦12 billion in the four days that the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, allegedly interrupted its operations while picketing the company. A reliable source at the telecom giant said the picketing totally grounded operations and activities of the company while it lasted even as the devastating effects […]

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A customer leaves an MTN shop in Johannesburg, file. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

How NLC’s picketing of MTN violated global ILO rule

The violence that characterized the three-day picketing of MTN Nigeria by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) attracted condemnation from several quarters, especially from industry watchers, Nigerian workers, and affected MTN staff. Now, it has emerged that the destruction of MTN assets, violence and threats violate an important section of the International Labour Organization ethics of […]

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Why we reported IOCs to ILO, by NUPENG President

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has given insight into why the union reported the International Oil Companies, IOCs operating in Nigeria on International Labour Organisation, ILO, at the just concluded International Labour Conference, ILC, in Geneva, Switzerland It will be recalled that NUPENG, through the Industrial Global Union, reported the multi-national […]

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ILO, affiliates of World Bank approves AEDC working conditions

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation, an affiliate of the World Bank, have certified the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company’s (AEDC) staff conditions of service document. The company’s Director, Corporate Services, Abimbola Odubiyi stated this to representatives of the Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and the Senior Staff Association of Electricity […]

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