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July 23, 2019 No Responses

British Airways Pilots Vote In Favour Of Strike

British Airways pilots have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay, threatening a walkout over the key summer holiday period. The British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa) said 93% of its members had voted in favour of...

December 5, 2018 No Responses

NLC Faults Memo On “No Work, No Pay”

The attention of the Nigeria Labour Congress has been drawn to a memo by the Federal Government dated November 29, 2018 directing all Vice Chancellors of Federal Universities to apply the “No Work… No Pay” rule. We understand that the...

November 7, 2018 No Responses

Buhari: I’m Fully Committed To New National Minimum Wage

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday expressed his commitment to ensuring the implementation of a new National Minimum Wage. Buhari said this in Abuja on Tuesday while receiving the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage...

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...

November 5, 2018 No Responses

Aviation Workers To Withdraw Services

AVIATION workers will down tools from midnight on Monday in compliance with the call for an industrial action by Labour. The strike is to press the government for the N30,000 minimum wage request. The Federal Government has proposed N24,000 minimum wage,...

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...

October 22, 2018 No Responses

Nationwide Strike Begins November 6 In Nigeria

The labour unions in Nigeria on Sunday threatened to commence nationwide, indefinite strike from November 6, 2018 if the Federal Government does not meet their demands. In a press statement, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba,.....

September 25, 2018 No Responses

Labour Mobilises For Nationwide Strike

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com – Citing delay in the implementation of a new national Minimum Wage for Nigerian Workers, organised labour on Monday commenced mobilisation for a nation-wide strike. President, United Labour Congress (ULC), Mr...

May 11, 2018 No Responses

Port Workers Begin Nation-Wide Strike

Workers across Italian ports launched a 24-hour strike on May 11, voicing their dissatisfaction over the lack of lashing legislation enforcement and poor safety in Italian ports. The strike is lead by unions FILT CGIL, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti Nazionale,...

April 10, 2018 No Responses

Lufthansa Cancels 800 Flights Amid Strike

Lufthansa has been forced to cancel 800 flights on Tuesday as the spring of discontent among Europe’s workers spreads to Germany. The airline has axed half of its 1,600 scheduled flights, affecting 90,000 passengers. Workers are staging the walkout ahead...

September 20, 2017 No Responses

Promotion arrears: Labour suspends strike

As the Federal Government commences the payment of outstanding salaries, promotion arrears, and other allowances owed Federal Public Officers, organised Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has suspended the strike ...