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March 14, 2017 No Responses

Check-off dues: PTECSSAN faults ZTE Nigeria, alleges anti-labour practices

The leadership of PTECSSAN has blamed ongoing face-off with ZTE Nigeria on alleged anti-labour practices on the part of the company. In a letter sent to the Editor of www.citybusinessnews.com on Tuesday, PTECSSAN said: “For ZTE Management to rush to...

March 8, 2017 No Responses

Labour vows to occupy Rivers State over alleged anti-workers’ policies

Citing alleged anti-labour policies in Rivers State, organised labour under the auspices of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has concluded mobilisation to “shut down Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, and other major cities in th...

February 21, 2017 No Responses

Unauthorised Employment: Labour faults alleged agenda to sack 3,500 workers

Organised Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has flayed alleged plan by the Federal Government to sack 3,500 public servants “under the guise that their appointments were irregular and unauthorized”. In a pr...

February 15, 2017 No Responses

Labour: Increase in BRT, LAGBUS fares is insensitive

Lagos State council of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned increase in the transport fares of BRT and LAGBUS buses. In a statement on Tuesday, TUC described the increase announced by the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan...

February 3, 2017 No Responses

Labour faults minister’s threat to invoke ‘no work no pay’ clause

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has criticized reported threat by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige to outlaw warning strike and to invoke the clause of “no work no pay” in the event of the use of ...

February 1, 2017 No Responses

Labour threatens to shut down NHIS

Organised Labour under the platform of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has vowed to shut down the offices of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) throughout the country including the Federal Capital Territory Abuja “unless the ...

January 3, 2017 No Responses

‘United Labour Congress will make a difference in 2017’

By Joe Ajaero – As we all march into the beginning of 2017. As we all ponder the direction of the nation; its economy; the colour of its politics and their probable impact on the lives and aspirations of the...

December 20, 2016 No Responses

LCCI financial services group gets new chairman

The Financial Services Group (FSG) of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has elected Mrs. Mojisola Bakare, to steer the ship of the group and take charge of its affairs for the next two years. This followed the...

December 18, 2016 No Responses

New central labour body debuts in Nigeria

A new central labour body under the leadership of Comrade Joe Ajaero has been unveiled in Nigeria. Identified as United Labour Congress (ULC), the new group on Saturday in Lagos pledged to provide purposeful leadership. In a communiqué issued at...

November 30, 2016 No Responses

Labour seeks industrial harmony, outstanding salaries for Ministry of Defence staff

Industrial harmony in the workplace will be enhanced if the management and workers put the interest of the organisation first. Making the declaration in a lecture he delivered at the 2016 Annual Seminar of the Ministry of Defence unit of...

November 9, 2016 No Responses

Dangote to generate another 250,000 jobs

Dangote Group is to generate another 250,000 employment opportunities for Nigerians through new investments in agriculture, sugar, oil refinery and fertilisers. Quoting the Group, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the projects sited in some state...

November 8, 2016 No Responses

Ryder re-elected as ILO Director-General for a second term

The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) has re-elected Guy Ryder as Director-General for a second five year-term to start in October 2017. Guy Ryder received 54 of the 56 votes cast by the titular members of the...

November 1, 2016 No Responses

Ogun sacks labour leaders, 14 others

(NAN)Eleven days after Ogun workers embarked on an indefinite strike, government responded today with the dismissal of the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Akeem Ambali, and the state chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Dare Ilekoya....