No Moral Justification for Stopping N35,000 Wage Award - Labour
Vanguard
The Organised Labour says there is no moral justification for the Federal Government to stop the payment of monthly N35,000 wage award to workers. Read more »
Groups Blame Management Team for Lagos Water Crisis
Premium Times
...demand recall of disengaged staff Read more »
Clinical Officers Hold Protests in Nairobi Over Low Pay
Capital FM
The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) on Tuesday staged Protests outside the Health ministry office in Nairobi decrying what they termed as unfavorable working conditions and… Read more »
Can Kenya Fund Doctors' Demands for Better Working Terms?
DW
Kenya's overburdened and underfunded healthcare system has ground to a near halt after about 7,000 medical professionals walked off the job last month to demand better working… Read more »
Minimum Wage for South African Farm Workers - Study Shows 2013 Hike Helped Reduce Poverty Even Though Compliance Was Poor [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. Read more »
Lagos Worker Trapped in Underground Drainage
Leadership
A yet-to-be-identified drainage worker with the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) was on Monday trapped in the underground drainage at the Onipanu area of Lagos… Read more »
Public Sector Hard Hit By Strike Action
GroundUp
In 2023 and again in 2024, about half the strikes have been in the public sector, says report Read more »
Nigeria's Minimum Wage Has Never Protected Workers From Poverty - Here's Why [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Wages have become the top issue for Nigeria's organised labour movements in the past year. Reacting to recent increases in the cost of living, the labour movement has been calling… Read more »
Nearly 5,000 Post Office Jobs at Risk - South African News Briefs - May 2, 2024
AAF
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Jobs Are There but People Lack Vision - Museveni
Nile Post
President Museveni has revealed that the current problem in Uganda is not jobs but rather attitude and a lack of vision among citizens who don't listen to the National Resistance… Read more »
Parirenyatwa Hospital Battles Bogus Doctors, Tutors
New Zimbabwe
Parirenyatwa Hospital is plagued by increasing cases of bogus medical practitioners at the institution, with 11 offenders arrested in four months. Read more »
Ask Tripartite Committee to Finalise Work On Minimum Wage - NECA to Govt
Daily Trust
The Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the federal government to task the tripartite committee on the national minimum wage to finalise its decision,… Read more »
54% Ghanaian Workers Stressed at Work - New Gallup Report
Accra Times
Young workers and those in exclusively remote or hybrid work locations experience greater levels of stress Read more »
Zimbabwe's Doctors Push for Safe Working Conditions in Workers' Day Message
New Zimbabwe
AS Zimbabwe celebrated Workers' Day on Wednesday, medical professionals across the country decried the dire working conditions within the healthcare sector. Read more »
Cameroon Workers Want Job Security, Better Pay Amid Price Hikes
VOA
Hundreds of thousands of workers across Cameroon are observing International Labor Day on May 1 by marching against abuses they say include illegal dismissals and failure to pay… Read more »