The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s claims that an agreement has been reached on a new national minimum wage, insisting that its demand for a new national minimum wage remains N250,000. Speaking on Wednesday during his nationwide broadcast to mark Democracy Day, Tinubu said a consensus had been reached on the … [Read more…]
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba, yesterday, engaged in fisticuffs with the chairman of NLC/TUC Good Homes Scheme, Chief Emeka Anuna, threatening to sack his wife from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), now known as International Trade Union Congress (ITUC). Anuna and a handful of federal civil servants had protested in … [Read more…]
THE Organized labour, Tuesday said it would work for the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi in the 2023 elections. The two labour centers, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), declared their support to campaign and do everything within their power to ensure that the … [Read more…]
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had after its organs’ meetings recently threatened to shut down activities nationwide should the Federal Government increase the pump price of petrol in 2022. Secretary General of the Association of Senior Civil Servant of Nigeria (ASCSN), Bashir Alade Lawal, in an interview with Daily Sun, yesterday, vowed that the threat by … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Labour congress (NLC) has raised alarm that the Nigerian government has not ratified or domesticated the Convention 190 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which discourages Gender Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH) in the world of work. The NLC Head of the Women and Youth Department, Comrade Rita Goyit said this during … [Read more…]
There is a stalemate in the push for electricity tariffs reversal championed by Organised Labour. Labour is pushing for a 40 per cent reduction following September’s increase by the Federal Government. Labour’s argument is based on findings that gas, a major component of the Distribution Companies (Discos), should not be … [Read more…]