Tag: ORGANISED LABOUR

‘Shutting down of national grid condemnable act, economic sabotage’ - CSER

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Electricity Distribution 1

A civil society organisation, the Centre for Social and Economic Rights, (CSER), has condemned in the strongest terms the shutting down of the national grid by the Organised Labour in the prosecution of its declared nationwide strike action and the plunging of the whole nation into darkness, describing it as an act of economic sabotage and treason that must be met with the full weight of the law. The group expressed this concern in a press statement issued yesterday in Lagos by its Executive Director, Nelson Ekujumi, a copy of…

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“NLC wasting time, N494,000 minimum wage is not possible” – Primate Ayodele

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Primate Ayodele

Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has described the request of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to peg minimum wage for workers at N494,000 as unrealistic. In an issued statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele noted that the NLC is wasting time with the request,  because according to him, the highest the Government can go comfortably is N60,000. He stated that NLC’s request is unachievable and unrealistic because ordinarily, any increase in salaries will also lead to increase in inflation and cost of…

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NUPENG, electricity, maritime  workers mobilise for planned Monday’s strike

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Nationwide strike

…Sea ports to be shut The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed its members to comply with the directive of the two labour centres to begin an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday. NUPENG’s General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale, in an issued statement yesterday, said the union was committed to ensuring total compliance with the directive. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) declared an indefinite nationwide strike to begin on Monday, to express their grievances over the proposed new…

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Organised Labour declares nationwide strike from Monday

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Organised Labour

Members of the Organised Labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Uniin Congress (TUC), have declared to embark on an indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s refusal to raise the minimum wage from N60,000. NLC president, Joe Ajaero, who disclosed this yesterday, during a press conference in Labour House, Abuja, said the strike begins by the midnight of Sunday, June 2. Ajaero, who was flanked by the TUC President, Festus Osifo, including other Labour leaders at the briefing, called on Nigerians to rise defend their interest over…

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Organised Labour rejects FG’s fresh N60,000 minimum wage offer

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Organised Labour

The Organised Labour has rejected a fresh minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government. ?Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress, (TUC), rejected the offer of the federal government to pay N60,000 as new minimum wage, which is the fourth proposal in about two weeks since negotiation talks resumed. The labour unions said the current minimum wage of ?30,000 can no longer cater for the well-being of an average Nigerian worker.It was also gathered that labour had shifted grounds from its N497,000 proposal to N494,000.…

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Again, Labour rejects FG’s N54,000 proposed new minimum wage

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minimum wage

Organised Labour has rejected the N54,000 proposed by the Federal Government as new minimum wage. The Federal Government had, in a meetin g with Labour, proposed N54,000 as against its earlier N48,000 offer, one of the leaders of the Organised Labour who attended the meeting revealed this to newsmen yesterday. Recall that Organised Labour, comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)  and the Trade Union Congress, walked out on the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage following the FG’s pproposed N48,000 minimum wage. Last week Organised Labour told the Federal Government…

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Minimum Wage: Labour rejects FG’s N48,000 offer

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Labour rejects

…Storms out of meeting The Organised Labour yesterday stormed out of the minimum wage committee meeting with the Federal Government over the latter’s offer of N48,000 new wage. Recall that the Organised Labour had made a demand of N615,000 as the new minimum wage and had given the Government up till May 31 to conclude negotiations on new living wage. The Federal Government and the Organised Private Sector are however offering N48, 000 and N54, 000 respectively as new minimum wage. The Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage resumed…

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Electricity tariff hike: NLC, TUC picket DisCos offices nationwide

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NLC TUC

…Says new tariff capable of destroying Nigeria’s economy Organised Labour, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday stormed offices of electricity distribution companies (DisCos) and the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) nationwide to protest against the recent hike in electricity tariff. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who led the protest at NERC ’s headquarters in Abuja, said Nigerians are currently wallowing in power poverty, given the abysmal low supply of electricity. Recall that the NLC, TUC and their affiliates, vowed to ground…

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Minimum wage hike tops Labour’s wish list for May 1st, Worker’s Day

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Nigerian labour unions are gearing up for May Day celebrations with high expectations, particularly regarding a long-awaited increase in the national minimum wage. National Vice-President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Tommy Etim, emphasised the importance of May Day for Nigerian workers, calling it a “day of great anticipation”. He highlighted concerns about the impact of recent government policies on the welfare of workers, particularly rising poverty levels. Etim emphasised the urgent need for a new minimum wage to counter rising living costs. Organised Labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress…

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Organised Labour demands N615,000 as minimum wage in fresh proposal

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Organised Labour

Organised Labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), has submitted a fresh proposal to the Federal Government, demanding N615,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country. According to a source, who is  a member of one of the sub-committees set up by the Government to work on getting a new minimum wage for the country, said the new wage of N615,000 monthly was reached after consultations by the NLC and TUC. However, the source reportedly hinted that the wage might still increase,…

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