SINCE the takeover of the generation and distribution of power supply in November 2013 by the private individuals otherwise known as generation companies, GENCOs and Distribution companies, DISCOs, some of them have been having running battles with Organised Labour over right to freedom of association, conditions of service, and other unfair Labour practices including perceived indiscriminate layoffs.

ORGANISED Private Sector, OPS, has expressed concern at the adverse effect of the national menace of port congestion and perpetual blockade of roads leading to the Apapa Ports on businesses in Nigeria.

NATIONAL Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN , has released activities lined up to mark its 40th anniversary.

FRIEDRICH Ebert Stiftung,FES, has called for sustainéd and deepened collaborations of public sector, private sector, labour, civil society organisations, CSOs, and other interest groups in policy campaigns and advocacy towards Nigeria’s industrialisation drive.

THE Federal Government has assured of its determination and commitment to step up action in achieving alliance 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG, that seeks immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced  labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and secure prohibition and elimination  of the worst forms of child labour by the year 2025.

THE issue of decent work has become part of global industrial relations practice.

FRIEDRICH Ebert Stiftung,FES, has called for sustainéd and deepened collaborations of public sector, private sector, labour, civil society organisations, CSOs, and other interest groups in policy campaigns and advocacy towards Nigeria’s industrialisation drive

DISAPPOINTED by the seemingly anti-labour policies of government at all levels, especially after electioneering promises, ahead of 2019 general elections and as political manoeuvring, alignments and realignments thicken, United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, and its leaders are not leaving anything to chance.

MEMBERS of the Petro-leum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, in Addax Petroleum, have elected  Chris Ogiemwonyi Jnr. as chairman for the second term of three years.

THERE are indications that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige is in for more troubles following reports that the Ministry’s Administrative Panel, has uncovered fraud in the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) between 2011 and 2015 and those indicted include those nominated by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA

Workers in the chemical and non-metallic products sector of the economy on the  platform of  National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees, NUCFRLANMPE, have faulted the Federal Government’s blanket ban  on the use of codeine in producing some  pharmaceutical products in the country.

NIGERIA Employers Consultative Association, NECA, has elected the Managing Director of DN Tyre & Rubber Plc, Dr Mohammed Yinusa, its new president.He was elected president of  the umbrella body of employers in the country during the body’s 61st Annual General Meeting, AGM, in Lagos.A statement released by Mr Olusegun Oshinowo,  Director General of NECA,revealed that Dr. Yinusa, the Managing Director of DN Tyre & Rubber Plc was elected the new president.

CERTAINLY, this is not the best of times for members of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, as they are facing several challenges threatening their jobs across the nation’s seaports.

IT was a gathering of comrades, judges, lawyers, students, friends, acquaintances among other stakeholders at a day of tributes in honour of the late Chief Gani Adetola-Kaseem, SAN, known for among others, his Labour Jurisprudence.

President of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Prince Williams Akporeha, has pleaded with the Federal Government to address the increasing cases of unfair labour practices in Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry, saying employers in the sector are now slave drivers.