The Organised Labour comprising the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has insisted on May 31 deadline for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to approve N615k as new minimum wage. The organised labour met today, Monday, May 20, 2024, ahead of another negotiation meeting with the federal government tomorrow, Tuesday, May 21,…
The President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has criticised the Federal Government’s pay raise announcement, describing it as mischievous moves. Recall that on Tuesday, the federal government approved a pay rise of between 25 and 35 per cent for civil servants across various consolidated salary structures. Speaking on Wednesday during an interview on Sunrise…
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have forwarded a joint demand to the tripartite committee negotiating the new national minimum wage. According to the Guardian, The consensus was reached at a meeting that took place at NLC headquarters and presided over by NLC President, Joe Ajaero. The gathering, which was…
Workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria may shutdown offices on Wednesday over the beating of their President, Joe Ajaero. The strike scheduled for Wednesday, November 8, 2023, was disclosed at a press briefing on Friday. According to the leaders of the joint union, the Federal Government…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has alleged the abduction of their President, Joe Ajaero, by Imo State government in connivance with the police. The union in a statement said, “Just as Nigerian workers gathered earlier this morning led by the leadership of the two Labour centres to demonstrate our outrage over the serial and habitual…
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, on Thursday says the plan by stakeholders in the power sector to increase electricity tariff by 40 per cent from July 1st is both insensitive and callous. According to the NLC, in a statement, the planned tariff hike reflects an organised indifference to the well-being of consumers, especially, the poor…
