FG, NLC, employers unveil blueprint to make Nigeria global labour hub
The policy is expected to promote skills mobility by connecting Nigerian workers with legitimate employment opportunities abroad
Strike looms in electricity sector over alleged indiscriminate staff transfers
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has raised concerns over the unbundling of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the indiscriminate transfer of workers without adherence to established procedures or consultation with organized labour in the sector. As a result, NUEE has instructed its members not to accept any transfer letters […]
664m workers globally earn poverty wages
664 million workers worldwide do not earn enough to lift themselves and their families out of poverty; that is one in every 5 workers
Your reforms inflict hunger, poverty on masses, NLC tells IMF delegation
NLC received the IMF Resident Representative for Nigeria, Christian H. Ebeke, and, Axel Schimmelpfennig from Washington
FG tasks council to deepen safety awareness
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA THE Federal Government has charged the new executive of the National Industrial Safety Council of Nigeria, NISCN, to identify and coordinate the various advocacy platforms for effective management of Occupational Safety and Health, OSH, awareness creation in both public and private sectors by critical stakeholders. The Director, Occupational Safety and Health department […]
FG indicts employers on abuse of expatriate quota
Minister of Interior, Dr. Tunji-Ojo, indicted several employers for abusing the expatriate quota by bringing in all manner of foreigners
Improving workers’ conditions, our greatest achievement as Labour leaders – Adeyanju
By Victor Ahiuma-Young Improving the conditions of workers is the central goal of organised labour. Thus the success or failure of Labour leaders are in most cases judged by this among others. Therefore it was not surprising that the immediate past President-General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Prince Adewale Adeyanju in an appraisal […]
Maritime Workers Union’s new leadership unveils bold agenda
IT was a gathering of “Who is who” in the nation’s Maritime sector and Labour movement few days ago when members of maritime workers gathered in Lagos
15% tariff reduction: Labour rages over non-implementation
NCC and Organised Labour reached an agreement to reduce the telcos tariff hike from the 50% initially approved by the government, to 35%
Why we prioritise industrial peace in maritime industry —Adeyanju
The outgoing President-General, PG, of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Prince Adewale Adeyanju, has reflected on his transformative eight-year tenure as the PG of the Union and gave insight into why his leadership prioritized industrial peace. During an interface with journalists at the union’s Lagos headquarters, as he prepares to pass the torch to […]
Our quarrel with WAEC — NASU
NASU, raised the alarm over a deliberate policy by the management of West African Examinations Council, WAEC, to emasculate it as a union
