The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has debunked reports making the rounds that it has embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike. Online reports indicated that the union commenced its planned strike on Friday after its ultimatum to the federal government elapsed on Thursday. MEZIESBLOG reports that organised labour had threatened to shut down the country’s economy … Continue reading NLC denies commencing indefinite strike
Junior doctors across England will walk out for five days from July 13, in what is said to be the longest single period of industrial action in the history of the National Health Service (NHS). Last week, more than 47,000 junior doctors, all members of the British Medical Association (BMA), staged a 72-hour strike from … Continue reading Junior doctors across England to embark on longest strike in NHS history
Delta state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has advised Nigerian doctors to explore other ways of getting government's attention to their needs instead of embarking on industrial strike. Okowa who is a trained medical doctor himself gave the advice on Wednesday, September 23 when the Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) led by its first vice … Continue reading Nigerian doctors warned to stop endangering people’s lives
Long announced to begin on Thurs., Jan. 10, the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) strike will now begin on Mon., Jan. 14. Questions had been raised internally whether or not UTLA had given proper 10-day legal notice of the impending strike to Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Rather than launch a massive District-wide job action … Continue reading Los Angeles teachers to begin strike on Monday
Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) lecturers commenced work after a month-long strike, and Kola Abiola, who holds the chairmanship position for Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), MAPOLY chapter, says their resolve to halt the 'work-to-rule' industrial action became necessary to allow authorities meet some certain demands. Mr. Abiola spoke at a press conference held in Abeokuta on … Continue reading MAPOLY Management says Decision to end strike was not born of intimidation
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