Strike

  • Railway stations sit empty this morning as rail workers take to picket lines for the latest strike in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. The 24-hour walkout by members of the train drivers’ union ASLEF will be followed on Saturday by an overtime ban. Today, there will be no services from operators, including Northern,…

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  • The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government to reverse all “anti-poor” and “insensitive” policies. The policies, the union said, include the recent hike in the price of petrol, increase in public school fees, among others. Last week, oil marketers in Nigeria increased the pump price of petrol at retail outlets to N617…

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