Labour in dilemma over fresh minimum wage strike

The labour movement is worried that Nigerians may turn a cold shoulder to a fresh call for an industrial action demanding the speedy passage of a new minimum wage law.

The Guardian learnt in Abuja yesterday that employers had hinged their support for N30,000 as the new minimum wage on an assurance that there would be no strike.

The labour movement had threatened to strike penultimate week over the refusal of the Federal Government to receive the report of the tripartite committee and transmit the same to the National Assembly.

It was learnt that there were shouting marches between labour leaders and employers’ body when labour mulled a strike. It was said that labour had to reconsider its position so as not to lose the support of the employers.

The Guardian, 16 November 2018

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