Tag: ORGANISED LABOUR

“We can’t be intimidated”, says NLC’s Ajaero, after Police interrogation

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President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has declared that the union will not be intimidated by external pressures, following his appearance at the Intelligence Response Team, (IRT), headquarters in Abuja, yesterday. Ajaero, who was invited by the Police to address allegations of terrorism financing, cyber-crime, subversion, criminal conspiracy, and treasonable felony, arrived at the IRT office at 10:17 am. and left shortly after 11:15 am. He was accompanied by prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), activist Deji Adeyanju, and other senior NLC officials. Speaking to newsmen…

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“Why we accepted N70,000 as minimum wage” – Organised Labour

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Organised Labour on minimum wage

Leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) announced that they have accepted the N70,000 minimum wage approved for Nigerian workers by President Bola Tinubu. President Tinubu, who announced the approval of  N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers at the meeting held with leaders of TUC and NLC yesterday in Abuja, promised to review the law every three years and also find ways to assist the private sector and the sub-nationals to pay the minimum wage. The meeting held with the Labour leaders was the second…

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New Minimum Wage: Tinubu to meet with Organised labour today

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Tinubu & Labour

President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to meet with the Organised Labour in Abuja today, Thursday, to further discussions on a new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. According to a top labour source, who spoke to newsmen yesterday, the President invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to the meeting, which is expected to be held at the Aso Villa, in the nation’s capital. The President is expected to make a decision on the ?62,000 proposal of the government and private sector side;…

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New Minimum Wage: “We expect implementation by July” – TUC

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TUC

The Organised Labour movement has expressed its hope that the new minimum wage would be announced, passed into law and its implementation begin before the end of next month. President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, stated this when he received the Special Adviser on Labour Matter from the Kogi State governor, Onuh Edoka, and his delegation in Abuja. Osifo said there was a need for the National Tripartite Negotiation Committee, made up of the Government, Labour, and Organised Labour, to find a common ground so that the bill…

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Minimum Wage: “We’ll pay what we can, not what Labour demands” – Tinubu

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Asiwaju on mininum wage

President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Government will not create problems for itself by trying to pay unrealistic and unsustainable minimum wage. Speaking on Wednesday night at the State House, Abuja, during a meeting with some governors and members of the National Assembly, Tinubu said the Federal Government will pay a minimum wage it can afford. Recall that PresidentTinubu, in a nationwide broadcast on the occasion of the nation’s 25th Democracy Day anniversary earlier on Wednesday, had disclosed that the Federal Government has negotiated with Organised Labour “in good faith…

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Minimum Wage: “We are not going on strike” – NLC

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Ajaero Tinubu

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has declared that Organised Labour would not go on strike tomorrow regarding the current new minimum wage dispute with the Government. The NLC president made the decision known while speaking yesterday at the International Labour Conference taking place in Geneva, Switzerland. ?Giving the reason for the decision, Ajaero said Labour would not go on strike yet because the figures are currently on the table of President Bola Tinubu and a feedback is being expected.?Citing examples of previous administrations, Ajaero said it…

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??Minimum Wage: “You know economic saboteurs; they occupy corridors of power” - Labour to SGF

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Labour to SGF

The Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has said the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) should not call Labour’s actions felony or economic saboteurs, saying the real culprits are known to the SGF. The NLC, in response to a recent statement credited to the SGF, expressed “disappointment and strong condemnation of the recent comments made by the SGF regarding the nationwide strike embarked upon by the NLC and the Trade Union Congress, (TUC). “The demands of the NLC and TUC are clear and just. We seek the conclusion and…

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Minimum Wage: “We will reject any paltry addition to ?60,000”, Organised Labour vows

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Organised Labour

…Suspends strike for 1 week The Organised Labour has said it will reject any paltry increase to the ?60,000 offer by the Tripartite Committee on the new Minimum Wage. The development comes hours after the Organised Labour suspended its industrial action, which began on Monday. VoL reports that the labour unions have insisted on a more realistic and economically-viable figure. President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC),  Festus Osifo, made the decision known while speaking on a television programme yesterday. Osifo revealed that while the tripartite committee initially refused to…

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‘?From N400k to N60k?!’ – Nigerians mock NLC for accepting ‘ambiguous agreement’

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Organised Labour

The reported tripartite agreement between the Federal Government and Organised Labour where the government said it is ready to “pay higher than N60,000” as minimum wage without a clearcut specification, has been the most trending topic in the social media space since it made the news on Monday. Recall that in the ambiguous agreement which was reached after a meeting late Monday between the Federal Government and leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress TUC at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of…

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Economicactivities paralysed, as labour unions commence nationwide strike

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Organised Labour

…Disrupt domestic flights The Organised Labour yesterday  disrupted commercial activities nationwide, as they commenced their nationwide strike, shutting down the national grid and disrupting domestic flights across the nation. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN), which shut down the national grid, confirmed the development in a press statement signed by its GM, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah. According to the document, the national grid was shut down at about 2.19am yesterday morning, said other transmission substations that were shut down include the Ganmo, Benin, Ayede, Olorunsogo, Akangba and Osogbo Transmission sub-stations. ?The…

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