The organised labour has lauded Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s approval of N85,000 minimum wage for the state workers. In interviews with newsmen on Thursday in Lagos, labour leaders described the approval as a right step in the right direction. Newsmen report that Sanwo-Olu, during an interview on a television station, announced that his administration…
President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has said all efforts to intimidate and silence organised labour would fail. The labour leader also said he would on Wednesday, September 25, honour the last police invitation extended to him. Recall that Ajaero had in recent times been under the radar of security agencies, especially the…
The Organised Labour has kicked against the Federal Executive Council’s decision to step down the memorandum on the report of the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage. The Head of Public Relations of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Benson Upah, who criticised the failure of FEC to consider the memo during Tuesday’s FEC meeting, said…
After two days of waiting, the negotiations over the national minimum wage hit another brick wall yesterday. At the end of yesterday’s meeting, the Federal Government negotiating team raised its offer by N2,000 bringing its total minimum wage offer to N62,000 while the Organised Labour reduced its demand to N250,000 from N494,000. The state governors…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, have suspended the nationwide strike. This is to give room for uninterrupted meetings with the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage. This was confirmed by TUC chairman, Festus Osifo on Tuesday. Labour leaders had a meeting with the Secretary to the Government of…
Yetunde Oke A public affairs analyst, Comrade Abiodun Bamgboye has urged Organised Labour to remain steadfast in its demand for 615,000 naira as proposed minimum wage for workers. Comrade Bamgboye made this known while featuring on Pensioners FM political programme, ‘The Searchlight.’ Comrade Bamgboye, who noted that if economic challenges do not affect the take…