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 […]
Govt already taking wrong steps on power, says Labour
THIS is the concluding part of Labour Vanguard’s interview with Mr Joe Ajaero, General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, wherein he spoke on the power distribution companies, DISCOs, and who he said are shortchanging Nigerians. The second part was published earlier. In this, Ajaero speaks on, among others, issues of […]
2015: A year of disappointment for workers
THE out gone year, 2015, was a year Nigerian workers and, indeed, labour movement will not forget in a hurry. It was a year the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, that prides itself as the largest umbrella body of workers in Africa, assaulted the principles of trade unionism, dishonoured and disrespected the spirit of its founding fathers.
N559.3 million housing project fraud rocks PENGASSAN
EVEN when Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, is battling to address close to N3 billion housing project scam involving it and Christon-Lally, another housing project fraud has hit the labour movement.
Why Nigerian migrant workers suffer abuses — NLC
James Imoyera, is the Assistant General Secretary, AGS, in charge of Education and Labour Migration in the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). In this interview with Labour Vanguard, he speaks on the challenges facing the Nigerian migrants, why they are abused among others.
NLC CRISIS: We believe in unity of labour – Ajaero
This is the concluding part of the interview Correspondent Johnbosco Agbakwuru, had with Comrade Joe Ajaero, factional President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, where he spoke on the crisis rocking the Congress and how it could be resolved. The second part was published a fortnight ago.
