Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has raised the alarm, claiming the present pension scheme is pauperising workers at retirement. According to NLC, retirement under the present scheme may have become a death sentence for many retirees and this has many consequences for behaviour of workers in active service. President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, who raised the alarm in…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has lamented that Nigerians have been suffering as a result of the hike in the price of fuel. He also described Nigerians as losers for adapting to the rise in fuel prices. Ajaero stated this during a Dialogue themed “Tinubu’s Economic Reforms: Gainers and Losers. He,…
National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday, said that some suspected political thugs that brutalized the National president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero have been arrested. Recalls that the NLC president was attacked in Owerri, Imo State capital on November 1 when workers in the state staged a protest over unpaid salary….
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Abia State Chapter, has directed all workers in the state to join the nationwide strike as directed by the leadership of organised labour. The NLC and TUC had jointly declared a nationwide strike action slated to begin on Tuesday in response to the recent assault on the National President of NLC, Joe…
The Presidency accused the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, of playing partisan politics in Imo State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Bayo Onanuga, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, made the remark while faulting Ajaero’s claim of fighting for workers in the state. Onanuga was reacting to Ajaero’s meeting…
The organised labour comprising of Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has declared a plan for a nationwide strike over the beating and abduction of their President, Joe Ajaero. The strike scheduled to be held on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, was made known in a press briefing today. According to the leaders…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, today, allegedly arrested the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The Head of Information, NLC, Benson Upah, who spoke to newsmen, noted that Ajaero was picked up at the state secretariat of the congress and taken to an unknown location….