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Terrible And Excruciating Year For Nigerians, NLC Says As It Marks May Day

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Terrible And Excruciating Year For Nigerians, NLC Says As It Marks May Day

Today, Nigerian workers will join their counterparts worldwide to celebrate the International Workers’ Day, commonly known as May Day. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has described the last year as terrible and excruciating for workers and other Nigerians. The petroleum, electricity, maritime, manufacturing and other sectors workers decried the present level of misery, poverty…

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Authority Withdraws Permission To Use Eagle Square For Workers’ Day Celebration

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Authority Withdraws Permission To Use Eagle Square For Workers’ Day Celebration

Few days to the celebration of the May 1st International Workers’ Day, authority of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has withdrawn permission given to the organised labour to use Eagle Square for their Mayday celebration in Abuja. This was disclosed to newsmen in Abuja on Friday during a pre-Mayday lecture at the Pascal Bafyau Labour…

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Employment, Labour & Productivity

Nigerian Workers Plan One Day protest on ASUU strike

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Nigerian Workers Plan One Day protest on ASUU strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued directives to its affiliate bodies to mobilise for a one-day strike next week in solidarity with the lingering strike by university-based unions, including the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU). This came hours after the vice-chancellors of universities called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently end the strike by…

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NLC Suspends Planned Nationwide Protests

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NLC Suspends Planned Nationwide Protests

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its planned nationwide protest. The decision comes hours after the union had vowed to continue with its planned nationwide rally on Thursday and after the Federal Government announced the suspension of the planned removal of the fuel subsidy. The leadership of the Congress says, for now, it plans…

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