Oil workers draw battle line against exploitative employers
• As new President declares war on casualisation, other unfair practices By Victor Ahiuma-Young For years, contract staffing and prolonged casual employment have remained contentious issues in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, leaving many workers performing permanent roles under the uncertainty of temporary employment. But with a new leadership at the helm of the Petroleum […]
Labour calls off strike, FG suspends new electricity tariff for 2 weeks
Organized labour, in the early hours of Monday, suspended the proposed strike over increase in prices of petrol and electricity tariff.
Fuel, Electricity: Police arrest Vanguard photo-journalist, 50 others during protest in Lagos
Policemen arrested no fewer than 50 person, including a Vanguard photo-journalist, Kehinde Shonola, yesterday, during the protest against the increase in the price of fuel and electricity tariff.
TUC issues Buhari 7-day strike notice over petrol price, electricity tariff
Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Monday, petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari, demanding immediate reversal of the hikes in the pump price of petrol and electricity tariff, among other demands, in the next seven days, or face indefinite industrial action.
JAF calls for mass action against fuel price hike
Joint Action Front, JAF, has expressed disapproval over the new hike in prices of fuel, electricity and Value Added Tax, VAT, in the country. The group also revealed plans to commence an indefinite nationwide protest beginning from September 16, to press home their anger.
Subsidy: Why FG should account for crude sales from May 2016 to August 2020 — JAF
Pro-labour civil society organisations, on the platform of Joint Action Front, JAF, has said the Federal Government had, in 2016, promised to use the gains and differential from the hike in the pump price of petrol to provide welfare and social services to Nigerians as well as fix the nation’s four refineries.
