Tag: labour union
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Minimum wage: FG, workers’ face-off worsens as labour rejects sack option
Organised labour on Friday dismissed as cheap blackmail a statement by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, that the Federal Government might lay off some workers in the public service should labour insist on having its way on the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage. The Secretary, Joint National Public Service Negotiating…
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FG Hasn’t Approve N30,000 Minimum Wage, Says Lai Mohammed
— As Labour threatened to go on strike if the Federal Government fails to approve and implement the N30,000 wage The Federal Government said on Wednesday the N30,000 minimum wage proposal contained in the report of the tripartite committee set up by the Federal Government was still a recommendation and had not been approved. Minister…
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NLC Suspends Srike As FG Agrees To Pay N30,000 Minimum Wage
The organised labour unions have called off the planned nationwide industrial action initially scheduled to hold today nation wide. Daily Trust reported that the proposed strike was suspended because the Federal Government has agreed and signed the #30, 000 demanded by the workers as new minimum wage. Two union officials and a senior government official…
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Nigerians Rush To Market For Food Items As Labour Shuns Talks With Govt Over Strike
Reports from Lagos and Akure indicate that Nigerians were rushing to the market to buy food items as Labour unions shunned a meeting called by the government yesterday in readiness to embark on the proposed nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The meeting was scheduled to…