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JUST IN: Workers Set For Strike Tomorrow Over Minimum Wage

Workers Set For Strike Tomorrow Over Minimum Wage
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The organised labour will tomorrow (midnight of Wednesday) commence a nationwide  warning strike to compel the Federal Government (FG) in the ongoing negotiations over a new national minimum wage.

The strike option was agreed by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and United Labour Congress of Nigeria (ULC) after an emergency meeting in Lagos State.

A statement released yesterday by the NLC addressed to all industrial unions and all NLC state councils, informed them of the commencement of a nationwide warning strike in respect of the non-implementation of the National Minimum Wage, effective from midnight of Wednesday, September 26, 2018.

The statement by the NLC Secretary General, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson directed all industrial unions and state councils to commence mobilization immediately for an effective strike action nation-wide.

It would be recalled that the organised labour has been advocating for an upward review of the workers' minimum wage from N18,000 to N56,000. 
Fred Nwaozor, popularly known as TheMediaAmbassador, is a Nigerian tech expert, author, creative & content writer, media strategist, policy analyst, blogger, public speaker and rights activist. The renowned columnist regularly writes for the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), and is the Founder & Convener of Right Thinkers Movement (RITMO), Nigeria. He's a chartered industrial physicist, engineer and IT personnel. As a media guru, he enjoys an active presence in all media segments - including electronic, print & digital - since two decades ago till date. As a full-time researcher and educator, he's a regular contributor and peer reviewer for various internationally-noted engineering journals. As Telecommunications and Automation engineer, his research interest mainly lies in System Modelling, Internet of Things (IoT), Smart city, Cybersecurity, Wireless networks, and Machine Learning (ML).