Minimum Wage: ULC Warns Of Nationwide Strike

The organised labour has served a warning of an imminent nationwide strike over Federal Government’s delay in the implementation of a new National Minimum Wage.
President, United Labour Congress (ULC), Mr Joe Ajaero gave the warning in a communique issued after its meeting in Lagos, Monday.
Organised labour, comprising NLC, TUC and ULC had on September 12 issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government to state an amount to enable the minimum wage committee conclude its sitting.
Labour had collectively demanded for N65,000 per month as the new National Minimum Wage for all Nigerian workers as harmonised by organised labour.
Ajaero said that if the government failed to meet their demand on the expiration of the ultimatum, it would collaborate with other labour centres and Civil Society Organisations to embark on a nation-wide strike.
“We shall no longer be obliged by this time to give any further notice to the government before embarking on the action.
“By this communiqué we order all our affiliates and state councils nation-wide to move to the final level of alert in their preparation for the proposed nationwide strike,” he said.
The labour leader said that a new national minimum wage was desirable and possible, adding that lack of patriotism, greed and corruption was the bane of a reasonable wage.
Meanwhile, the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has empowered the National Administrative Council (NAC) and its leadership to carry out all necessary actions in conjunction with other stakeholders to ensure the achievement of the minimum wage.