Tag Archives: Workers

By Stan Greer for RealClearWire If the majority of Americans who depend primarily on their own paychecks and those of their loved ones to cover their families’ expenses vote their pocketbooks this fall, the U.S. House and Senate allies of union-label President Joe Biden who are on the November 8 …

As part of efforts to promote the state’s Social Health Insurance Scheme, Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has approved free medical care for workers in the state’s workforce. According to him, the gesture was part of effort to ensure that civil servants in the state remained healthy and well positioned …

Former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu has alleged that Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state ordered soldiers to flog workers who arrived late at a site where he came for inspection.  Odinkalu who shared a video to back up his claim, said the incident occurred today October 4.  …

A coalition of aviation workers’ unions have threatened to proceed with industrial action in the next 14 days if their demands are not met.   The workers will hold rallies today, September 12, at airports nationwide to protest anti-labour clauses in new aviation bills currently awaiting the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari. …

A Data entry staff of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has reportedly committed suicide over his inability to cope financially.   Prince Carter Oshodin was said to have taken his own life on Friday, September 9, in Umelu Community in Upper Sakponba area of Benin City.   Though the Non-Academic Staff Union, which …

Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Monday, September 05, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep 05 (IPS) – Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, health care and social protection but there is an array polices and tools …

Justice Majebi The Kogi State judiciary has uncovered 268 ghost workers on the payroll of the state High Court.    The state Acting Chief Judge, Justice Josiah Majebi, had set up a Staff Verification Committee to probe the nominal roll of the High Court.    The Chairman of the committee, …

The decision of the workers, who operate under the joint umbrella of NUEE and Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEC), followed the intervention of Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. Ngige’s intervention: Pulse reported that Ngige summoned an emergency meeting on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, to …

Many parts of the country are currently experiencing power outages as members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) commenced an indefinite industrial action today August 17.   The electricity union is protesting the non-payment of outstanding arrears owed to former workers of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), the …

The union threatened to down tools at the expiration of the ultimatum if its grievances were not addressed. Nigeria’s electricity supply crisis could worsen from tomorrow (Wednesday, August 17, 2022) as the organised labour has instructed workers in the power sector to down tools and commence an indefinite strike over …