Tag: NLC
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NLC, TUC to embark on Massive Protests by end of May
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), after a joint National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Monday evening threatened to embark on a massive protest if the President Bola Tinubu-led government does not conclude a new minimum wage before May 31, 2024. The labour leaders also discussed…
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NLC, TUC To Convene Emergency NEC Meeting Over Minimum Wage, Bonus
The organised labour in the country will soon come up with a strong position on the suspension of the payment of the wage award to civil servants and has warned the federal and state governments to prepare to increase the minimum wage from the current N30,000 monthly. It also warned state governors that…
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NLC, TUC Suspend Nationwide Strike
The organised labour in Nigeria has suspended the nationwide strike that commenced on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, to protest the brutalization of NLC President Comrade Joe Ajaero in Owerri, the Imo State Capital. The decision to suspend the action was reached at an emergency visual joint National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of NLC and TUC.…
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NLC, TUC Declare Nationwide Strike
The organised labour unions; Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Tuesday, declared a total nationwide strike. The strike will commence next Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The leadership of the two unions resolved after an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday in Abuja. The organized labour unions following…
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BREAKING: At Last, NLC, TUC Take Final Decision on Tuesday’s Strike
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REACHED BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA AND THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) AND TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (TUC) AS A RESULT OF DISPUTE ARISING FROM WITHDRAWAL OF SUBSIDY ON THE PRICE OF PREMIUM MOTOR SPIRIT (PMS) ON MONDAY, THE 2ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023 Arising from…
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NLC, TUC Urge Workers to Resume at Oyo governor’s Office July 31
Oyo State workers have been directed to resume at the state secretariat on Monday, July 31, 2023, by 7.00 a.m. to press home their demands from the state government. The state’s Chairman of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Olatunbosun Olabiyi, who disclosed this to The Guardian, yesterday, said the directive was given during a joint…
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Subsidy Removal: Senate, NLC, fault proposed N5,000 monthly payment for Nigerians
Nigerians will spend about N6.732tn on the purchase of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, within a period of 12 months once the Federal Government stops subsidising the commodity from February next year, investigations have revealed. This came to the fore on Wednesday as the Nigeria Labour Congress described government’s plan as a “penny…
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FG To Renegotiate Full Implementation Of N30,000 Minimum Wage
The Federal Government is set to reconstitute a new committee to begin fresh negotiations for the full implementation of the new national minimum wage of N30,000. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. “The President has put in place a new committee or…
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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 May Experience Another Hardship This Week As NUPENG Backs NLC Planned Strike
There may be shortage of fuel this week as the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has pledged its loyalty to the Nigeria Labour Congress and any step that the NLC decides to take. The Federal Government on Friday obtained an order from the National Industrial Court restraining the organised labour from embarking…