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Mass sack: Stop making workers sacrificial lambs —CANMPSSAN
The Chemical and Non-Metallic Products Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (CANMPSSAN) has decried the rate of job loss in the chemical sector through redundancy and condemned what it termed managements’ insensitivity to workers’ plights.…
Child labour: ILO, media experts task FG to strengthen collaborating agencies with funds
The International Labour Organizations (ILO), media experts and other stakeholders in the labour sector have tasked the Federal Government to strengthen collaborating agencies that are responsible for the promotion of child Labour issues…
Social protection framework in Nigeria: EU, ILO partner FG
THE National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) is working towards a shock responsive social protection framework in Nigeria.The…
SSANU elects new executives
THE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has elected new members of its national executive for the next four years; following a keenly contested election that ended its 2nd Quadrennial National Delegates Conference held…
Elimination of Child Labour: ILO commences training on implementation of national advocacy strategy…
THE International Labour Organisation (ILO), has commenced a one-week training of media practitioners and journalists on the implementation of a national advocacy strategy to improve nationwide reporting on child labour in Nigeria.The…
As pensioners await Buhari’s approval of new minimum pension, NUP laments plight
SOJI-EZE FAGBEMI looks at the theme of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) ‘The welfare of pensioners in post COVID-19 era,’ in relations to the plight of pensioners at both federal and…
Critics of labour ignorant of industrial relations, collective bargaining practices —NCSU-NLC
The Chairman, Nigeria Civil Service Union, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) branch, Comrade James Eustace, speaks on the criticism that trailed the recent suspension of the proposed protest/strike by the organised labour. He believes that many…
ASUU strike: FG appeals to ASUU to suspend strike
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are yet to finalize agreement on a mode of payment to university teachers acceptable to both parties.Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, stated…
Minimum pension: SGF, Labour Minister, Salaries and Wages Commission for NUP NEC meeting tomorrow
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, the Minister of Labour and Employment Dr. Chris Ngige, and the Executive Chairman, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Ekpo Nta are among the top…
COVID-19: Fundamental rights at work can play better role in recovery from pandemic —ILO
Fundamental principles and rights at work can play a vital role in building effective, consensus-based responses that support recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and help build back a better, more just, world of work, a new International…