The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it must rescue Ogun workers from some alleged anti-labour practices of the state governor, Mr Ibikunle Amosun. Mr Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President made the position of the congress known in a statement on Friday night in Abuja. Reports have it that there has been […]
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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has urged members of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to through their weight behind him in the coming election so as to create more jobs for them and the country. The former vice president who gave the pledge when he paid a personal visit to […]
Read More The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the umbrella body of workers in the country, starts its delegates conference in Abuja today. Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and his executive council members are expected to be returned unopposed on the occasion. TONY AKOWE reports that old challenges await the leadership to confront. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will hold […]
Read More AS the House of Representatives begins public hearing on the bill for a new minimum wage, National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, has mobilised its members to attend the public hearing at the National Assembly complex. Labour leaders during the rally to create awareness on the new Minimum Wage for workers organised by the Nigeria […]
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Members of the organised labour have vowed to moblise workers to the National Assembly to attend the Public Hearing on the new minimum wage bill scheduled to hold on Monday. Addressing journalists after a meeting of the Central Working Committee of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the President, Ayuba Wabba said that labour will be […]
Read More Members of Imo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to quicken the process of the implementation of the ₦30,000 minimum wage, adding that they were ready to reject anybody who rejects the minimum wage. Also in Anambra State, NLC vowed not to vote for any political party […]
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The Federal Government says the National Minimum Wage Bill will be transmitted to the National Assembly on or before Jan. 23, 2019. Labour leaders during the rally to create awareness on the new Minimum Wage for workers organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said this while […]
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Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Monday said that its 36 state councils, affiliate unions and friendly groups like Civil Society Organisations, CSOs have mobilised for the commencement of nationwide mass protest over the inability of the Federal Government to transmit the ₦30,000 Minimum Wage bill to the National Assembly. NLC has also debunked newspaper report (not […]
Read More The conciliatory meeting between Federal Government and leadership of Organised labour over the ₦30,000 minimum wage Friday night was inconclusive. The meeting had started at about 12:30pm Friday and was adjourned till 4.30pm to enable the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, attend another engagement at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was […]
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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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Barring any last minute change, the nation’s economy may witness total shutdown, following the inability of the Federal Government to meet up with the December 31, 2018, deadline by organised labour for the commencement of the implementation process of the N30,000 new minimum wage. Organised labour had through Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union […]
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