FG unveils new labour reform agenda, seeks employers’ support
"Our emphasis has remained on preventing disputes before they escalate into industrial actions capable of disrupting productivity and economic activities"
Union fumes over discrimination of non-teaching staff in pry, sec schools
NON-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, is not happy with the Federal Government over the discrimination against non-teaching staff of primary and secondary schools.
Nigerians won’t forget 2021 in a hurry, says NLC
A Roman ruler, Julius Caesar, after one of his numerous battles, said: “I came, I saw and I conquered.” In the next 48 hours, Nigerians will join the rest of the world to usher in the year 2022, and 2021 would become history forever.
Labour decries worsening power supply across Nigeria
By Victor Ahiuma-Young National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has decried the worsening electricity supply across the country eight years after the privatisation of the assets of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. President of NUEE, Engr. Martin Uzoegwu, in Lagos, contended that the only workable and practicable option for resolving the challenges […]
You’re breaching law by stopping workers from union membership, FG tells employers
By Victor Ahiuma-Young “We need to draw the line so that people will know when they cross the other person’s line. No employer is supposed to interfere in the election of officers of a union or prevent workers from unionisation, except the organisations that have been mentioned and given this exemption all over the world, […]
Why industrial peace continues to elude nation’s education system — NASU
By Victor Ahiuma-Young Over the years, the nation’s educational system, has continued to experience one form of industrial unrest or the other. Going by the outcome of the recent National Executive Council, NEC, of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, in Abuja, the government and school administrators must put in extra […]
NUPENG to commence strike on Monday
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says its Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) will commence strike on Monday over the deplorable state of the nation’s highways and other issues.
NLC urges FG to adopt National Employment Plan to engender decent work
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to adopt a National Employment Plan that would engender decent work in the country
2m employees die yearly from work-related causes — ILO, WHO
Work-related diseases and injuries were responsible for the deaths of 1.9 million people in 2016, according to the first joint estimates from WHO, and ILO
ILO steps up efforts at checkmating exploitation of migrant workers
The ILO informed that the objectives of the two day interface were to introduce “Media Toolkit on Forced Labour Reporting and Fair Recruitment adapted…
Presidency: Southern, Northern govs, worsening insecurity, heating up polity — NLC
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said yesterday that the ongoing fight between the Southern and Northern governors on which zone should produce the next president in 2023 was worsening insecurity in the country and heating up the polity.
