Following a meeting with the Federal Government, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended the planned strike over the removal of the petrol subsidy. The labour unions announced the suspension after a meeting of their leaders and representatives of the federal government on Monday. They are to reconvene on June […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) was absent as the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has presented the federal government (FG) with a list of demands to cushion the effect of petrol subsidy removal on citizens. The demands by the TUC included an increase in the minimum wage, tax holiday for certain categories of people as well […]
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The meeting on subsidy removal between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the federal government of Nigeria has ended without an agreement. The meeting called by the federal government, was intended to reach an agreement with organised labour after President Bola Tinubu’s announcement that petrol subsidy would cease to be in […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Kaduna State Council, on Wednesday, condoled the Trade Union Congress(TUC), over the death of its Secretary General, Comrade Barrister Musa Lawal Ozigi and the Chairman Kwara State, Comrade Akinsola Akinwunmi during the Abuja-Kaduna train attack on Monday. Bandits attacked Kaduna- Abuja train, killed eight passengers, wounded 26, while several others […]
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The Secretary-General of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria, Barrister Musa-Lawal Ozigi, has been killed after terrorists attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train. According to reports, scores of passengers have been declared missing while others are receiving treatment at the hospital since the train attack. Bandits, already declared terrorists, used Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to stop […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their planned nationwide protest scheduled to hold today. This was contained in a communique read by the Minister of Labour after a technical session that started late on Sunday and lasted till the early hours of Monday morning. The hike in electricity prices […]
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The meeting between the federal government of Nigeria, labour unions and civil society groups over the increase in petrol price and electricity tariff, has ended without a resolution. The Thursday meeting ended hours after a court granted an interim order barring the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on […]
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Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr Chris Ngige, on Thursday held a closed door meeting with a delegation from the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The TUC national President, Mr Quadri Olaleye, who spoke with State House correspondents shortly after the meeting , said the union came […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC), have suspended their warning strike for a new minimum wage. The strike was embarked upon on Sept. 26. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the organised labour had embarked on the strike after a 14-day ultimatum to the […]
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The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have submitted a new request for an increase of the national minimum wage to above N56,000 per month to the tripartite committee on minimum wage. This was disclosed at the 11th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Civil Service Union by […]
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