Minimum wage: Labour gives warning of nationwide strike
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the organised labour has served warning of an imminent nation-wide strike over federal government delay in the implementation of a new national minimum wage1 mr joe ajaero president united labour congress ulc gave the warning in a communique issued after its meeting on monday in lagos1 the news agency of nigeria nan recalls that the organised labour made up of the nlc tuc and ulc had on sept. 12 issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government to state an amount to enable the minimum wage committee conclude its sitting1 labour had collectively demanded for n65000 per month as the new national minimum wage for all nigerian workers as harmonized by organized labour1 ajaero said that if the government failed to meet their demand on the expiration of the ultimatum it would collaborate with other labour centres and civil society organisations to embark on a nation-wide strike1 we shall no longer be obliged by this time to give any further notice to the government before embarking on the action1 by this communiqu we order all our affiliates and state councils nation-wide to move to the final level of alert in their preparation for the proposed nationwide strike he said1 the labour leader said that a new national minimum wage was desirable and possible adding that lack of patriotism greed and corruption was the bane of a reasonable wage1 meanwhile the central working committee cwc of the trade union congress of nigeria tuc has empowered the national administrative council nac and its leadership to carry out all necessary actions in conjunction with other stakeholders to ensure the achievement of the minimum wage1