The Organised Labour has rejected the ₦62,000 offer by the federal government and proposals by some individuals and economists of ₦100,000. The unions also said the one-week grace period given to the Federal Government last Tuesday, June 4, 2024, would…
The Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage has resumed talks over a new minimum wage for workers in the country. The committee is meeting at NICON Luxury Hotel in Abuja. Federal Government is represented by Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance;…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume has summoned organised labour to an emergency meeting following the ongoing indefinite nationwide strike. Comrade Festus Osifo, President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria confirmed the meeting to…
…As FG labels move ‘premature, illegal,’ urges reconsideration …Avoid strike, embrace dialogue — NAPPS tells NLC, FG By Sodiq Adelakun The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have reaffirmed their commitment to embark on an indefinite strike action…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said the sum of N494,000 national minimum wage being demanded by organised labour, which cumulatively amounts to the sum of N9.5 trillion bill, is capable of destabilising the economy and…
Members of the organised labour, on Friday, declared a nationwide indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this at an ongoing press…
The Federal Government has added a sum of N3,000 to its initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage, making it the sum of N60,000 proposed on Tuesday during a meeting of the tripartite committee on minimum wage in Abuja. Organised labour, comprising…
The ongoing negotiations on new minimum wage has been adjourned till Wednesday after the organised labour rejected the new N54,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government, a highly reliable source who attended the meeting told our correspondent on Wednesday.…
The Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage will reconvene on Tuesday, May 23 to further negotiate a reasonable new minimum wage for workers, after the organised labour walked out of the negotiation on May 15. An invitation letter sent to the…
With the current high cost of living, the Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC had earlier demanded an increment in minimum wage to enable citizens cope with the hike in…
