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.

RENOWNED Professor of Industrial Relations, Professor Dafe Otobo, has called on labour unions in the country to be to be focused and more committed in the struggle to improve the living conditions of workers and masses in Nigeria today in the face of the changing socio-economic environment.