Industrial action
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Polytechnic workers in the country have announced a three-day warning strike from Wednesday, January 22 to Friday, January 24, 2025. The workers, under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic (SSANIP), accused the authorities of marginalisation of non-teaching staff members and denial of their deserved career progression. In a letter dated January…
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London Underground workers, including drivers, are walking out next month in a row over pay. Finn Brennan, Aslef’s full-time organiser on London Underground, said managers had refused to discuss any reduction in the working week or paid meal relief “to bring Underground drivers in line with those on the Elizabeth line and London Overground”. Aslef…
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The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have resolved to proceed with their indefinite strike. After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the Organised Labour says there is no going back on the nationwide industrial action slated to start…
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The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) has reiterated its May 31, 2024 ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet all of its demands which includes implementation of a new national minimum wage and reversal of the hike in electricity tariff. This followed a Monday emergency meeting of…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to down tools after two weeks if the President Bola Tinubu administration fails to pay public university lecturers their withheld salaries. ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke said it is unfair for the Federal Government to pay lecturers four months of their 2022 withheld salaries and hold on…
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The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has threatened to shut down the nation’s seaports from Tuesday, January 9, over the alleged refusal of International Oil Companies (IOCs) and stevedoring contractors to comply with extant laws. Adewale Adeyanju, president-general of the union, said that all jetties and oil and gas platforms would be shut on that day.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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