Tag: Labour

Covid-19 Threatens 55 Million Domestic Jobs
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Covid-19 Threatens 55 Million Domestic Jobs

Nearly three-quarters of domestic workers around the world – more than 55 million people – are at significant risk of losing their jobs and income due to lockdown and lack of effective social security coverage, a  new estimates by the...
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Labour Faults Increase In VAT
January 15, 2020 No Responses

Labour Faults Increase In VAT

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has described increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5.0 per cent to 7.5 per cent by the Federal Government “as a deliberate attempt to further overburden the common man and stifle...
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Labour Lauds Ganduje On Payment of N30,600 Minimum Wage
January 2, 2020 No Responses

Labour Lauds Ganduje On Payment of N30,600 Minimum Wage

The Joint Public Service Negotiation Council (JNC), Kano State council, has commended Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje for implementing the new minimum wage of N30,600, an amount higher than the nationally-approved wage. This is contained in a statement issued by the Pu...
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Labour Condemns Tenure Extension For Seven Permanent Secretaries
October 10, 2019 No Responses

Labour Condemns Tenure Extension For Seven Permanent Secretaries

Organized Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has condemned the extension of tenure granted seven Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service.In a Statement issued in Lagos on Thursday,  ASCSN Secretary...
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Strike Looms In Nigeria Over Minimum Wage
September 18, 2019 No Responses

Strike Looms In Nigeria Over Minimum Wage

Organised Labour under the auspices of the Trade Union Side (TUS) of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) on Tuesday threatened to embark on strike nationwide over the non- implementation of the minimum wage.  The union explained...
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Minimum Wage: Labour Begins Mobilisation Of Members
July 2, 2019 No Responses

Minimum Wage: Labour Begins Mobilisation Of Members

Worried by alleged government’s efforts to derail the implementation of a new National Minimum Wage, organized labour has commenced mobilization of its members nationwide to prepare them for “the next line of action”. Operating under the aegis of the Tra...
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ILO: $150B Generated Annually Through Forced Labour
May 10, 2019 No Responses

ILO: $150B Generated Annually Through Forced Labour

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) says that about 150 billion dollars is being generated illegally every year through forced labour. Mr Dennis Zulu, ILO Country Director to Nigeria said this during the National Consultation and Launch Workshop for Al...
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Labour Cautions Nigerian Govt On Debt Profile, Borrowing
May 2, 2019 No Responses

Labour Cautions Nigerian Govt On Debt Profile, Borrowing

Organised labour in Nigeria has again cautioned the Federal Government on the nation’s rising debt profile, “resulting from government’s unsaturated appetite for borrowing and foreign loans.’’  The President of the United Labour Congress (ULC), ...
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NLC Insists On N30,000 Minimum Wage
January 29, 2019 No Responses

NLC Insists On N30,000 Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday in Abuja pleaded for N30,000 as minimum wage for Nigerian workers in a public hearing on the bill. The NLC had rejected the N27, 000 proposed by the government as the new minimum...
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Labour Rejects N27, 000 Minimum Wage
January 23, 2019 No Responses

Labour Rejects N27, 000 Minimum Wage

THE N27, 000 minimum wage approved on Tuesday  by the National Council of State  for states and the private sector has been rejected by Labour.  In separate statements, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and United Labour Congress (ULC) described th...
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KAIGAMA‘S ADDRESS AT ASCSN ABUJA MEETING
November 14, 2018 No Responses

KAIGAMA‘S ADDRESS AT ASCSN ABUJA MEETING

I am extremely delighted to welcome you all to the 2018 meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) holding here in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.   2.         Comrades, as...
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Labour Suspend Strike
November 6, 2018 No Responses

Labour Suspend Strike

Members of the organised labour union on Monday evening  called off the proposed nationwide industrial action initially scheduled to commence on Tuesday to press home workers’ demand for a new national minimum wage.  The National Chairman of the Nigeria La...
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Labour Faults Governors Forum, Mobilise Nigerians For Strike
November 1, 2018 No Responses

Labour Faults Governors Forum, Mobilise Nigerians For Strike

Our attention has been drawn to a communique issued by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) after its meeting on 30th October, 2018 claiming that State Governors can only pay N22,500 as the New National Minimum Wage. First, we wish to...
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NLC COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC)
October 25, 2018 No Responses

NLC COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC)

A.  Preamble The National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) took place on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at Pascal Bafyau Labour House, Abuja. The meeting was attended by member of the National Administrative Council (NAC), Presi...
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