Sometime in 2005, the three social partners in the industrial relations triphod ; organised labour, private employers and the government met under the auspices of the federal ministry of labour with a representative of the International Labour Organisation in attendance.

NATIONAL Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, has said it has no doubt that the Vice President and Governor of Kaduna state, Arc. Namadi Sambo and Mr.Patrick Yakowa respectively would continue to march towards wealth generation through re-industrialization of the country.

EVEN as the cases of industrial accidents and casualty rate in workplaces across the country have assumed a frightening dimension and employers seeming lack of concern for employees’ safety and health at workplaces , the ministry of labour and productivity is exploring ways of addressing risks and hazardous situations in work environments in the country.

A FEDERAL High court sitting in Lagos has dissolved the state executive council of the Lagos State Butchers Association and ordered that a fresh election be conducted within the next 14 days.

INDUSTRIAL Training Fund, ITF has been organising series of training and human capital development programmes for employees, to enable perform optimally, as part of the Fund’s contribution to the development of the real sector of the economy.

It is a season of agitation for pay raise. Good enough the deal on national minimum wage has been struck. The three social partners have agreed on N18,000 per month though it still has to undergo the due legislative and executive process before implementation .

The Nigeria Labour Congress has paid tribute late president, Umar Musa Yar’Adua describing him as a leader who consulted widely and did not increase the economic burden of the people through increase in the prices of petroleum products.

May 1; workers day was an opportunity for union leaders to state the views of workers on a number of issues. The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress did not fall short of this expectation.

Below are some of the placards displayed by workers at the rallies.
Justice for telecom workers, Govt respect your citizens, NITEL workers , 25 months salary arrears now!

FOR some time now, organised labour and other interested parties have been expressed misgivings over the conduct and activities of third party employers, generally referred to as ‘Labour contractors’. Though the Ministry of Labour and Productivity, in a bid to standardize their operations, is issuing guidelines and permit for their operations.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria ( TUC ) and its affiliate, Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association, PERESSA and Siemens Limited Nigeria, have settled their lingering dispute over the termination of the appointment of a official of Simens, Mr. Moses Onibudo, and other issues.

FOR some time now, organised labour and other interested parties have been expressed misgivings over the conduct and activities of third party employers, generally referred to as ‘Labour contractors’. Though the Ministry of Labour and Productivity, in a bid to standardize their operations, is issuing guidelines and permit for their operations.

With a few weeks to May Day popular among the working class as “ Workers Day”, trade unions around the world have lined up activities to mark May Day.

The Federal Government is committed to addressing the problem of mass unemployment in the country and would spare no effort in ensuring that programmes geared towards job generation and poverty alleviation get the priority it deserves. To attain this objective, the minister for labour and productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu called on the management of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to step up its activities

After over four decades in the trade union movement within which period he became the general secretary of a trade union from 1978 to2009, left wing intellectual of the trade union movement, Comrade Sylvester Ejiofoh bowed out of career trade unionism late last year.