Alhaji Umar Alhassan, the state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, who briefed newsmen at the end of an Executive Council Meeting on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi, said all workers had been directed to prepare for strike on March 3
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The Organised Labour in Kwara State has said the delay in the approval of new minimum wage by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was due to his official engagement outside the state.
The Organised Labour in Niger State has suspended the strike it started on February 4 over non implementation of the N30,000 minimum wages.
The labour movement in Kwara State has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the state government to resolve all issues relating to the new minimum wage.
The directive was contained in statement jointly signed by Yakubu Garba, Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Yunusa Tanimu, and made available to newsmen in Minna
The Trade Union Congress has warned the Oyo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers to desist from encroaching on its jurisdictional scope by claiming that tricycle association is under it.
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has directed state councils of the union to commence mobilisation of their members immediately, should state governments failed to implement the new minimum wage by January 2020.
The Joint Public Service Negotiation Council, Kano State council, has commended Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for implementing the new minimum wage of N30,600, an amount higher than the nationally-approved wage.
Labour gave the challenge in a statement by the state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Onuh Edoka, and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Ranti Ojo, on Friday in Lokoja.
The two sides to the dispute, who have been at the negotiating table in the last few months, eventually reached an agreement late on Thursday.
The Trade Union Congress says Nigerian workers were no longer comfortable with the delay in the implementation of the new minimum wage by the Federal Government.
The Trade Union Side has called on the Federal Government to reconvene the meeting of the Technical Committee on Consequential Adjustment of the New Minimum Wage.
The organised labour has dismissed insinuations that the Federal Government was not sincere enough to implement the new minimum wage of N30,000.
The Organised Labour Movement has urged the Federal Government to remedy the huge salary disparity in core civil service as compared to other Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
Trade Union Congress has urged the Federal Government to appoint career officers as Chief Executive Officers of Federal Government’s parastatals and agencies to boost productivity and efficiency.
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria on Friday said the new N30, 000 minimum wage would give workers a sense of belonging.
In a gathering that attracted leaders of the Nigerian labour movement, including the President of the Trade Union Congress, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama; Comrade Joe Ajero; and Comrade Bede Okpara, Igali was described as a Nigerian of extreme patriotism, integrity and devotion to duty
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has applauded the House of Representatives and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association for endorsing the N30,000 monthly National Minimum Wage recommended by the Tripartite Committee set up by the Federal Government.
Organised Labour on Friday said it had started mobilisation of members ahead of the January 8 strike over the payment of N30,000 New Minimum Wage.
Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has welcomed the news that the Federal Government has agreed to pay the N30,000 minimum wage it had previously negotiated with the Nigerian Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and other labour affiliates.