Olabiyi-Agoro emerges PENGASSAN president
In his acceptance speech, the new president promised among others, to prioritize workers welfare and continue with the legacies set by Osifo.
Our fear for Power Sector – Labour
RECENTLY the protracted face-off between Labour and the Federal Government over the terminal benefits for workers ahead of the privatization of the assets of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, was resolved. In this interview with Saturday Vanguard, General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Comrade Joe Ajaero, who gave insight into how the deal was struck, however expressed fear over full implementation of the agreement.
Labour, others rue declining manufacturing sector
The event facilitated by Friedrich Ebert Stiftund, FES, as part of African Industrialization Day celebration, was first observed on November 20 1990, was attended by among others, key industrial unions in the manufacturing sector, namely the National Union Textile Garments and Tailoring Workers’ of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Employees, NUCFRLNMPE, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association, FOBTOB, Steel & Engineering Workers Union of Nigeria, SEWUN, the Agriculture and Allied Workers Union, AAWUN, and the Federation of Informal Workers’ Organizations of Nigeria, FIWON.
Labour demands time line for Presidential Pension Reform Task Team
VICE-PRESIDENT of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Issa Aremu, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan, to call the Chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Adulrasheed Maina, to order.
Pains, gains of workers in 2012
BY this time last year, precisely 3rd January, the country was literally on fire over the January 1, hike in the pump price to N141 per litre, from N65.
2012 was terrible for Pensioners says TUC
TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has described year 2012 as a very terrible year for the nation’s pensioners, even as he commended the feat of the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS. Speaking with Pension and You, President-General of TUC, Comrade Peter Esele, faulted those expressing reservations about the Pension Reform Act, PRA 2004 and CPS, saying “I will say it categorically that the contributing pension scheme is 100 per cent intact. Nobody can illegally access the money in the scheme and the way the act is, makes me very confident and happy that my own pension is protected.”
