Anxiety as Labour gets set for minimum wage strike

There is anxiety in government circles over Labour’s plan to go on strike.

The action is to push the demand for a new minimum wage.

But the Federal Government has invited workers’ representatives to a meeting tomorrow in a move to avert the impending industrial action.

Labour is angry that the Presidency is yet to transmit the New National Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly.

Labour has demanded N30, 000 for the least paid worker. The federal and state governments are offering N24, 000 and N22, 500.

Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) General Secretary Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson told The Nation on phone yesterday that Labour will not embark on an industrial action secretly.

The Nation, January 3, 2019

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