FG in meeting with Organised Labour over nationwide strike

The federal government has invited leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, (TUC), for a meeting Wednesday afternoon in a bid to end the ongoing nationwide strike by Organised Labour.

Blueprint gathered that the meeting was summoned by the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA).

NLC and TUC, on Tuesday, declared an indefinite nationwide strike to protest the attack on the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, and others in Owerri, Imo state capital on November 1, 2023 as well as the pending labour issues in the state.

They had on November 7, resolved to declare a nationwide strike by Tuesday, November 14, if their demands were not met.

,,,,,,,Besides the brutalisation of the NLC President, other labour leaders, journalists, among other grievances of the organized labour include outstanding salary arrears, unjust declaration of 11,000 workers as ghost employees, unsettled gratuities, non-compliance of N30,000 minimum wage act, and declaration of 10,000 pensioners as ghost retirees.