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 […]
No gratuity, no second term
Recently, Bayelsa State pensioners made good their threats to embark on street on protest to press home their demand for the payment of gratuity and other benefits.
PTAD reviews outstanding pensioners’ benefits
Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, currently reviewing outstanding pension and gratuities owed Federal Pensioners in the country.
Retrenched workers drag Kogi govt to Complaints Commission
FORMER workers of Olamaboro Local Government Education Authority in Kogi State, have dragged the state government to the Public Complaints Commission, PCC, over alleged refusal to obey a high court judgement ordering it to pay their five years salaries.
Pensioners threaten North-East govts over N61bn unpaid benefits
The Nigerian Union of Pensioners, NUP, in the six North-East states of the country, has decried alleged refusal of governments in the zone to pay arrears of entitlements amounting to a whopping N61bilion and threatened to call members out for mass protests in the six states.
My agenda for NLC, workers, labour movement —Oso-Eson
By Victor Ahiuma-Young NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC’s new General Secretary, Dr. Peter Oso-Eson, was in Lagos where he had an interactive meeting with a cross section of journalists. In this piece, Labour Vanguard brings to its readers, what the new scribe says is his mandate among others. What is your agenda in NLC? The agenda […]
