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.

LEADERS of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers Union of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, have remained undaunted in their struggle to see that the good old days when textile sector employed no fewer than 650,000 direct workforce and indirect millions of workers, returns.

National Chairman of Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG,  Salimon Oladiti, in this chat with Vanguard speaks on the protracted Oshodi/Apapa gridlock, tanker accidents on high ways among others.

NOW, more than ever before,  the pressures confronting Nigerian workers and the trade union movement have increased and taken on greater dimensions.”

National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees, NUCFRLANMPE, has said it lost no fewer than 10,000 members in the last year.

Why, man, he doth  bestride the narrow world. Like a Colossus, and we petty men. Walk under his huge legs and peep about. To find ourselves dishonorable graves. (Williams Shakespeare in his epic drama; Julius Caesar)