The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC 12th national delegates’ conference will begin today in Abuja.

ENUGU- THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Enugu state has expressed support for Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s endorsement of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the N27,000 new National Minimum Wage adopted by the National Council of States on Tuesday.

Chief economist of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, at the Discourse raised some fundamental issues of strategy as well as global examples of successes that Nigeria can emulate in addressing its HDI challenges.

 The organised labour union in Bayelsa on Tuesday said a speedy passage of the N30, 000 new National Minimum Wage into law would determine the voting pattern of workers in the state.

The Federal Government says the National Minimum Wage Bill will be transmitted to the National Assembly on or before Jan. 23, 2019.

Organised labour, on Tuesday in Abuja, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately transmit the new National Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly.

Makurdi – Benue State chairman of the Nigeria Labor Congress, NLC Comrade Godwin Anya was absent at Tuesday’s protest march in Makurdi organised by labour to press home demand for a new minimum wage, following an attack on his family by unknown gunmen.

Nigerian Labour Congress, Bauchi chapter has solicited the support and cooperation of all Nigerians in the agitation of the upward review of the national minimum wage.

AHEAD of a nationwide strike over the Federal Government’s refusal to send a draft bill on N30,000 National Minimum Wage to the National Assembly to legislate into law,  organised labour and its civil society allies are, today, holding a nationwide mobilisation and mass protest to force government into action.

The Gombe Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has advised against the politicisation of the proposed N30, 000 national minimum wage.

Following the inability of the Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has set Jan. 8 as date for the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said the Federal Government should ensure sustainable jobs to reduce the rate of poverty in the country.

Following the inability of the Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has set Jan. 8 as date for the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike.

As a parting shot for year 2018, Nigerian governors, yesterday, restated their rejection of the demand by Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, for the payment of N30,000 as minimum wage to workers, insisting that they had other competing needs to contend with and would, therefore, not use more than 50 percent of their income to pay salaries.