Tag: organized labour

The Organised Labour has declared an indefinite nationwide strike over the failure of the federal government to conclude negotiations on a new national minimum wage and reverse the hike in the electricity tariff. Speaking at a joint press conference on Friday, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, President, Joe Ajaero and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has officially demanded a new national minimum wage of N794,000 for workers in the South West geopolitical zone. The chairperson of the Lagos State chapter of the NLC (Funmi Sessi) made the amount public during her presentation at the ongoing public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage […]

The Organised Labour has scheduled an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting over the suspension of the payment of the wage award to civil servants and increment of the minimum wage. President Bola Tinubu is expected to sign the new minimum wage bill into law next year. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris […]

The Organised Labour has disclosed that it was not served a court order, stopping its members from embarking on an indefinite nationwide strike. The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) issued an interim injunction last Friday to stop members of organised labour and their affiliates from proceeding with the nationwide strike scheduled to commence on […]

The Organised Labour has threatened to embark on an immediate nationwide action if the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, is not released by the end of today (Wednesday). Earlier in the day, Ajaero was arrested in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, earlier on Wednesday during a protest by workers in […]

Former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has taken to Twitter to share a copy of the agreement signed by the Federal Government and Organized Labour. FG and Labour met on Monday to discuss the fallout from the fuel subsidy removal. At the end of the nightlong six-hour meeting, organised labour and […]

The details of the meeting between the Federal Government and the Organised Labour over fuel subsidy removal have emerged. The President invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to a meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. However, the meeting which began around 4:00pm on Wednesday, ended in […]