Doctors Begin Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

HealthLabourNewsDoctors Begin Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

PilotnewsNovember 3, 2020

By Njideka Goldie Chukwu – Staff Reporter Resident doctors at the Ondo State University Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTHC), Akure, have begun a three-day warning strike over non-payment of their salaries. The health workers who downed tools on Monday, November 2nd, said they are being owed four months’ salary arrears by the Ondo State government. Speaking with pressmen at a protest they held before announcing the strike, their spokesman, Taiwo Olagbe, said that the doctors threatened...

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Ogun State Commence Payment Of New Minimum Wage

JobsLabourNewsNigeriaOgun State Commence Payment Of New Minimum Wage

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 2, 2020

The payment of the new minimum wage to the state workers has commenced in Ogun state. The State Government had an agreed with the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) to effect the new mimimum wage in October and this has been fulfilled. Some of the workers said the payment of the minimum wage was a gratifying development. Commander Oluwafemi Odukalu of the State’s Traffic...

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Why Cobalt Mining in the DRC Needs Urgent Attention

BusinessColumnsLabourOpinionWhy Cobalt Mining in the DRC Needs Urgent Attention

PilotnewsOctober 31, 20201

Cobalt is an essential mineral used for batteries in electric cars, computers, and cell phones. Demand for cobalt is increasing as more electric cars are sold, particularly in Europe, where governments are encouraging the sales with generous environmental bonuses. According to recent projections by the World Economic Forum’s Global Battery Alliance, the demand for cobalt for use in batteries will grow fourfold in 2030 as a result of this electric vehicle boom. More than 70...

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Protests Over Unpaid Gratuities, Condition of Service

BusinessLabourNewsNigeriaProtests Over Unpaid Gratuities, Condition of Service

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 18, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Business and operational activities have been brought to stand still as workers at Dangote Savannah Sugar company in Numan , Adamawa state staged a protest over alleged  non-payment of workers’  gratuities and condition of service  since 2003 The workers under the auspices of National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE)      said that since 2003 the company’s management has failed to pay them gratuities neither condition of service....

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ASUU to Get ₦30bn Earned Allowances As FG Blames Union for the #EndSARS Protests

EducationLabourNewsASUU to Get ₦30bn Earned Allowances As FG Blames Union for the #EndSARS Protests

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 16, 2020

The Federal Government has agreed to release ₦30bn earned academic allowance to university lecturers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). FG said that money would be paid in tranches between May 2021 and February 2022. ASUU also disclosed that the FG had promised to spend ₦20bn on the revitalization of the education sector as part of the agreement to bring the seven-month strike to an end. These was part of the...

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Taraba Workers Suspends Strike as Gov. Ishaku Approves Minimum Wage

LabourNewsNigeriaTaraba Workers Suspends Strike as Gov. Ishaku Approves Minimum Wage

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 8, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Joint Public Service Negotiating Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Taraba State have ended the earlier announced an indefinite strike, few hours after commencement. The Council said the decision follows the state Governor, Darius Ishaku’s approval for the implementation of the National Minimum Wage and signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the suspension of the strike action. Speaking on the development,...

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Why We Suspend Planned Strike and Protests – Labour

JobsLabourNewsWhy We Suspend Planned Strike and Protests – Labour

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 29, 2020

The Organized Labour, which was represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, has given reason for the suspension of its planned nationwide strike and protests. The organized labor made this known in a joint communique signed by its representatives on Tuesday. The communique was titled, ‘Text of the joint communique on the resolution of trade dispute between the Federal and the organized Labour represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and...

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Labour Suspends Planned Strike as FG Reverses Hike in Electricity

LabourNewsLabour Suspends Planned Strike as FG Reverses Hike in Electricity

PilotnewsSeptember 28, 2020

The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have suspended the planned strike scheduled to start today Monday. This came following an agreement reached with the Federal Government at a meeting which started around 8:30pm on Sunday and ended at 2:50am this morning. After series of deliberations on the issues raised by the labour, FG agreed to suspend the application of the cost-effective electricity tariff adjustments for two weeks. The Minister for Labour and Employment,...

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Breaking : Workers Suspends Nationwide Strike, Protests

EconomyLabourNewsBreaking : Workers Suspends Nationwide Strike, Protests

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 28, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the early hours of Monday, have suspended the proposed strike over increase in prices of petrol and electricity tariff. The suspension was contained in a communique jointly signed by labour leaders and the Federal Government representatives, and read by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, at the end of the meeting that lasted about seven hours....

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Electricity/Fuel Pump Hike: NLC Insists on Nationwide Protest

LabourNewsNigeriaElectricity/Fuel Pump Hike: NLC Insists on Nationwide Protest

PilotnewsSeptember 22, 2020

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted that it would proceed with its planned nationwide protest with effect from Sept. 28 over Federal Government refusal to reverse the hikes in electricity tariff and fuel pump price. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the NLC on Tuesday in Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NLC’s Central Working Committee...

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