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Nigeria: Relief As Govt, Labour's Agreement On Minimum Wage Averts Strike
This Day, 6 November 2018
There was relief yesterday as a midnight agreement between labour and the federal government on the dispute over minimum wage for workers averted a nationwide strike that was… Read more »
Nigeria Labour Congress Calls Off Planned Strike
The National Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress Ayuba Wabba has announced the suspension of the planned nationwide strike after agreements on a minimum wage were reached and documents signed - but he has not disclosed the figure for the new minimum wage. Wabba said the figure would only be made public after the committee's report had been presented to President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Nigeria: Why We Are Not Going On Strike Again - Labour Union
Daily Trust, 5 November 2018
The National Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba has given reasons why the union decided to suspend to planned industrial action in the eleventh hour. Read more »
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Nigeria: Labour Calls Off Strike As Govt Agrees to Pay U.S$82 Minimum Wage
Daily Trust, 5 November 2018
Mr Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress says a new minimum wage has been agreed. Read more »
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Nigeria: Panic Buying As Nigerians Prepare for Labour Strike
Guardian, 6 November 2018
Nigerians yesterday were caught up in panic buying as they anticipated the industrial action by the organised labour.A visit to some filling stations in the Abuja metropolis showed… Read more »
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Nigeria: Respite As Labour Shelves Planned Nationwide Strike
Leadership, 6 November 2018
Last minute efforts by the federal government to stop Nigerian workers from embarking on a nationwide industrial action paid off, yesterday, as the organised labour shelved the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Strike: Govt, Labour Parley Deadlocked
Vanguard, 5 November 2018
Last minute efforts by the Federal Government to avert threat of an industrial action tomorrow has ended in a deadlock. Read more »
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Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Atiku Urges Labour Not to Strike
Premium Times, 5 November 2018
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has restated his position in support of labour in its struggle for a living wage. Read more »
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Nigeria: Will Minimum Wage Be Albatross for Politicians?
Leadership, 6 November 2018
The agitation for a new minimum wage reached a crescendo last month when organized labour, epitomised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt, Labour in Closed-Door Meeting Over Minimum Wage
Vanguard, 5 November 2018
The federal government is currently in a closed-door meeting with the National Tripartite Minimum Wage Committee members over the demand by labour union for a minimum wage increase… Read more »
InFocus
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Striking has become essential for unions and workers dissatisfied with labour conditions in Nigeria. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked its members to begin an ... Read more »
