RECENTLY, activists and other Nigerians gathered at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, for a public lecture and book presentation to mark the golden birthday celebration of General Secretary of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade John Ehoja Odah. The event afforded activists to x-ray the state of the nation where they resolved to intensify the struggles to build a society that is founded on principles of social justice among others.

Minister of Labour and Productivity Chief Emeka Wogu, has assured Nigeria teachers of the commitment of President Goodluck Jonathan to various reforms aimed at improving the welfare of Nigeria workers.

WORRIED by the increasing rate of unfair labour practices in the nation’s Petroleum industry and its threat to industrial unrest, workers in the industry are threatening to declare industrial action to compel government and its agencies to address the menace.

AS part of measures to put paid to the incessant agitations and industrial unrest from its workforce, the Lagos State Government has inaugurated an 18_man committee charged with the responsibility of developing pay policy, review and salary determination in Lagos public service.

Recently, the military hierarchy began to make a case for the withdrawal of military men from the barely six years old Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, introduced by the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo, a retired general of the Nigerian Army.

WORRIED by the alarming rate of unfair labour practices in the Petroleum industry and its threat to industrial unrest, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has petitioned the Minister of Petroleum Resources, urging him to address the issues to calm the restiveness in the sector and avoid industrial unrest.

Unless the federal ministry of labour acts speedily, its employees in Geneva, Switzerland may turn destitutes.
A Nigerian resident in Geneva contacted Labour Vanguard and expressed concern about the state of the employees.

By Edward Olobayo The time has truly come for Nigeria Insurers Association (NIA) to be told, loud and clear, that it has no Workers’ Mandate on the Employee Compensation Bill (ECB) and therefore does not have a basis to say the ECB is an anti-workers bill. For years, the insurance industry has administered the Workmen’s […]

Women in Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, have been charged to carry out porgrammes that would improve the condition of the less-privileged in the society.

The 18th International AIDS Conference was held from18 to 23 July, in Vienna, Austria . For the International Labour Organisation, it provided an opportunity to launch the implementation phase of the new international labour standard.