Tag: strike

Strike: FG threatens ASUU 

    The Federal Government has threatened to invoke the ‘no work, no pay’ policy should the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) proceed on its planned two-week strike action. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, issued the warning in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Director,[Read More…]

Nurses suspends 7-day warning strike

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has suspended its seven-day warning strike. The decision followed an agreement reached at a meeting between the Federal Government and the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) on August 1. The suspension notice, made available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday, was[Read More…]

New Minimum Wage: Labour rejects FG’s offer, fresh strike looms amidst competing proposals

New Minimum Wage: Labour rejects FG’s offer, fresh strike looms amidst competing proposals The organised Labour may resume their suspended nationwide strike action, firmly rejecting the proposed ₦62,000 and ₦100,000 minimum wage proposed by experts describing both as “starvation wages” for Nigerian workers.   Labour had insisted on its demand[Read More…]

Strike: NLC shuts down national grid

Strike: NLC shuts down national grid       Electricity workers have shut down the National Grid, resulting in nationwide blackout.   This is n compliance with the joint directive of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to stop work  on Monday June 3 over the[Read More…]

SSANU, NASU begin strike Today over withheld salaries

SSANU, NASU begin strike Today over withheld salaries The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have begun a strike action across various institutions in the country. Both unions are demanding the release of the four-month salaries of members withheld during an eight-month strike[Read More…]