The Federal Government, Wednesday, explained that the reason for the scheduled parley with executives of the organized labour was to avert the threat of industrial action over the new minimum wage of ₦30,000 But labour has also told the government that it has passed the stage of attending meetings with the government, contending that what […]
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Following the inability of the Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has set Jan. 8 as date for the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike. NLC President Comrade Ayuba Wabba said the strike would be inevitable if nothing happened […]
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There was relief yesterday as a midnight agreement between labour and the federal government on the dispute over minimum wage for workers averted a nationwide strike that was scheduled to commence today. The agreement, which would see the nation’s workers receive a minimum pay cheque of N30,000, was reached among labour, Organised Private Sector (OPS) […]
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Dana Air says it will reschedule or reroute its flights to cushion the effects of the proposed nationwide strike by the organised labour. “It is our commitment towards ensuring that our guests do not bear the impact of the imminent strike action by the Nigeria Labour Congress scheduled to commence November 6,” the Media and […]
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Nigeria’s organized labour yesterday suspended its planned industrial action earlier slated for today, (Tuesday) just as a new national minimum wage was pegged at ₦30,000 by the Tripartite Committee set up by the Federal Government. Correspondent learned that the labour unions had extracted a firm commitment from the government to pay the ₦30, 000 it […]
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