NASU seeks end to casualisation, exploitation of contract workers
THE Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has demanded an end to casualisation of labour and exploitation…
FEPPPAN demands stakeholders’ meeting with PTAD over harmonisation, others
THE Federal Parastatals and Private Sector Pensioners Association of Nigeria (FEPPPAN) is seeking a stakeholders’ meeting with the Pension Transitional…
ILO backs NDE five-year plan to boost jobs, entrepreneurship
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is supporting efforts to strengthen employment creation and entrepreneurship in Nigeria as the National Directorate…
Africa must stop exporting labour, start exporting skills — Adesina
FORMER President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African countries to move beyond supplying labour…
Why rising productivity is not translating into better wages
CHRISTIAN APPOLOS examines the warning by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Chief Economist, Sangheon Lee, that rising productivity is not…
Strike: Workers on red alert as FG, Organised labour’s meeting ends in deadlock
In a joint statement issued on Thursday, the labour centres expressed disappointment with the government’s handling of the meeting, alleging…
NLC pickets Chinese construction firm over alleged ‘slave labour’
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday led its affiliate, the National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture and Wood…
Health workers petition Education, Labour ministers, SERAP over CONTTA exclusion
A Coalition of Healthcare Professionals in Tertiary Education Institutions in Nigeria has petitioned the Ministers of Education and Labour and…
ILO seeks wider adoption of Convention 188 as EU moves against forced-labour products
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for wider ratification and effective implementation of its Work in Fishing Convention, 2007…
Go extra mile to earn public trust, NSITF MD charges staff
Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mr. Seun Faleye, has charged staff of the Fund to…
Youth unemployment: Stakeholders urge states to align skills training with labour market needs
STAKEHOLDERS in labour, business and youth development have urged state governments to align skills development programmes with local labour market…
TUC seeks urgent meeting with SGF over national challenges
THE Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has sought an urgent meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the…
Why privatised electricity cannot drive industrialisation, create jobs in Africa — Odigie
General Secretary of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa), Comrade Akhator Joel Odigie, explains why…
FG urges balance between workers’ pay, fiscal realities
Akume warned against avoidable industrial disputes, emphasising that constructive engagement among government, labour and other stakeholders was...
Plan for life after retirement, Fasina, Ige, Adekanmbi tell civil servants
Public and civil servants, particularly prospective retirees among primary school teachers and local government workers in Oyo State, have been…
Maharaj ji to Nigerian workers: Shelve planned strike, embrace dialogue
The Founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, has appealed to Nigerian workers to suspend their planned strike and…
Decent work: TUC tackles employers over casualisation, poor wages
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has challenged employers to stop exploiting workers through excessive casualisation, poor remuneration, unsuitable…
ILO pushes fair recruitment, wage protection for African migrant workers
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called for stronger cooperation between African and Arab countries to ensure that labour migration…
ITUC-Africa demands youth employment, living wages, decent jobs
The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has called on African governments to prioritise the creation…
TUC, Abuja Continental to meet October 12 over workers’ unionisation
...Police, DSS intervention moves dispute to dialogue - Osifo The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the management of…
