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Govt, Labour head for showdown over new minimum wage
FOLLOWING apprehension that the Federal Government was not prepared to approve a new national minimum wage for workers, indications, Tuesday, emerged that organised labour had resolved to confront the government head on.
Leaders of organised labour through Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC and United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, will today in Lagos, take decisive position on how to confront government.
A terse invitation to Vanguard on today’s meeting reads: “NLC, TUC and ULC is organising a joint press conference on National Minimum Wage negotiations and matters arising on Wednesday.”
It was gathered that labour leaders, who had been tolerating perceived government insincerity towards a new minimum wage, could no longer stomach Federal Government’s delay tactics after the time frame for the minimum wage negotiating committee to conclude its works lapsed last month (August) without government presenting its figure to the committee.
Vanguard, September 12, 2018
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