By Victor Young The Nigeria chapter of International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network, ILAW, has joined organised labour in Nigeria to implore the Federal Government to ratify the International Labour Organisation, ILO, convention against violence and harassment at workplaces. Recall that one of the landmarks of the centenary celebration of ILO in June 2019 was the […]

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 […]