By Victor Young Employers in the food and beverage industry, on the platform of Association of Food Beverage and Tobacco Employers, AFBTE, has raised the alarm over an increasingly harsh operating environment, saying excessive taxation and negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic have been undermining members’ survival strategies. At its 41st Annual General Meeting, AGM, held […]

By Victor Young Over 200,000 seafarers are trapped aboard ships across the world due to measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organisation, ILO, has said. ILO, therefore, called for urgent and coordinated action to release the seafarers. This is coming more than a month after the world labour body issued warnings about […]

A few days ago, a non-governmental organization, AfriTAL, founded by former President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Dr. Brown Ogbeifun, as part of Webinar series on “Post COVID-19: Oil and Gas Industry Challenges and Prospects”

By Victor Young Labour (Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN,) has suspended its planned nationwide strike, following the release of some dockworkers arrested on Saturday by Rivers State Task Force on COVID-19. Recall that MWUN had given the Rivers State government a 48-hour ultimatum to release about 20 dockworkers arrested on their way from essential […]

By Victor Young Workers in the electricity sector are celebrating, following the Federal Government’s termination of the appointment of Engineer Chris Okonkwo, who is President-General of SSAEAC, from the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. SSAEAC is the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, and the letter of Okonkwo’s appointment’s termination described the action […]

By Victor Young The informal sector has set a seven-point agenda for governments, saying workers in the sector had been neglected in the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking on the platform of Federation of Informal Workers’ Organisations of Nigeria, FIWON, they presented a seven-point demands to the three tiers of governments, to enable informal sector workers to […]

*Ask companies to consider workers’ welfare while donating to COVID-19 By Victor Young Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and its Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, counterpart, on Tuesday, rejected perceived clandestine attempts by employers in the oil industry to sack their members, as fallout of the […]

By Victor Young President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate payment of the withheld February and March salaries of members of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who have not registered on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information, IPPIS, platform. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said: “President Muhammadu Buhari has today […]

By Victor Young United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, has said the death of Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, from coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic complications have provided an avenue for the nation to reflect on its infrastructure, among others. ULC’s President, Joe Ajaero, said this in a letter of condolence to […]

As the world battles to contain coronavirus, COVID 19, pandemic, an industrial relations expert, a conciliator and former  President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and Deputy President of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Dr. Brown Ogbeifun, in this interview, predicts more troubles for workers and trade unions in Nigeria if the pandemic escalates.

by Victor Young Organised Labour has given insight into why the struggle and fight against privatization is not just a fight to stop the sale of public services. Labour explains that it is also a struggle to make our communities and economies more equitable, protect the sick, unemployed, disabled, aged and vulnerable. It is a […]

By Ero-Philips Labour leaders and former colleagues among others, stormed the ancient community of Ibogun, Ifo Local Government Area, LGA, of Ogun State, to pay their last respects to late pioneer Treasurer of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and founding President of National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Peter Olufemi Ero-Philips, as he was laid to […]

International Labour Organization, ILO, says almost half a billion people across the globe are underpaid. Similarly, the World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2020, WESO, shows that unemployment is projected to increase by around 2.5 million in 2020. Global unemployment has been roughly stable for the last nine years but slowing global economic growth means […]

THE United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously adopted a resolution declaring 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, and has asked the International Labour Organization to take the lead in its implementation. 

THE Federal Government has pleaded with market authorities in the country to join forces with government in the fight against child labour.