Workers in the nation’s construction and wood industry, have condemned the massive importation of finished furniture into the country and blamed the policy for the economic downturn in the furniture and wood work sector of the nation’s economy

NIGERIA Industrial Relations Association, NIRA, some days ago played to experts, professionals, practitioners , students , workers, government and others in the industrial relations practice across the globe . It was the 6th African Regional Congress of the International Labour Relations, ILERA which took place at the University of Lagos. With the theme “Emerging Trends in Employment Relations in Africa: National and International Perspectives”, delegates from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America, participants during the four days congress, examined over 50 employment related issues within and local and international arenas

NON-ACADEMIC Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has expressed worries over the ways and manners the West African Examination Council, W AEC, Management is going about the appointment of a new manager; for the Excellence Hotel, situated in Ogba, Lagos Stat

NATIONAL Industrial Court, NIC, will this morning in Lagos resumed hearing of a case brought before it by the management of Union Bank of Nigeria, UBN, to Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, its affiliates and agents from disrupting the operations of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc nationwide.

FORMER President of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Comrade Wariebi Kojo Agamene, will be buried this Saturday at his home town, Amasoma, Bayelsa State

It new scale shows that the least of the workers, a messenger or cleaner will be earning almost N19, 000 per month, higher than the federal governmentN18,00 minimum wage scale.

OVER two Million members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, have keyed-into the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, which is a fall-out of the Pension Reform Act, PRA, 2004.

Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has assured unemployed Nigerian Youths that the scourge of unemployment will soon be reduced to the barest minimum as President Goodluck Jonathan, has demostrated strong political will to tackle this malady.

ORGANISED Labour has advised private sector employers in the country to avoid unnecessary tension and restiveness their planned scraping of gratuity as a result the Perform Reform Act, PRA, 2004, which gave rise to the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, is causing warning that the plan is a time bomb waiting to explode.

Edo State Head of Service, Dr. Simon Imuekheme has said that he is voluntarily retiring from the public service of Edo State .