Get set: Strike by organised labour gathers momentum as NURTW, NUT, NRC take final decision
- The Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) says it will join the nationwide strike action by the organised labour if negotiation does not yield result
- The district manager of the Nigeria Railways Corporation (NRC), Jerry Oche, announces that the company will not operate during the strike
- The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) in Niger state says it received information from the national headquarters to get set for the strike
The chairman of the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos branch, Tajudeen Agbede, has revealed that the body would join the planned strike action if government and labour failed to resolve their differences.
This is as Legit.ng reports that the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Niger chapter, also instructed all teachers in the state to join in the strike.
The News Agency of Nigeria quoted Agbede as saying: “We are an affiliate of the NLC, we shall obey its directives. So, we have no choice than to join the strike anytime we’re called upon to do so.”
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The strike action is to begin on Tuesday, November 6, over a N30,000 minimum wage demanded by the organised labour.
While the state governments agreed to pay N22,500, the federal government said it can only afford N24,000.
The district manager of the Nigeria Railways Corporation (NRC), Jerry Oche, also announced that the company would not operate if the proposed strike got commences.
“We are not going to operate if there is strike. But if there is no strike we will operate but we wish the situation is resolved before tomorrow,” Oche said.
Legit.ng reports that Ibrahim Umar, the state chairman of the NUT in Niger, on Monday, November 5, called for an approval for the increase in the retirement age of teachers to 65 years.
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“We received a directive from the national body that by 12 midnight of Monday, if nothing happens in the affirmative, we should join in the national strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress.
“We want Governor Abubakar Bello to send an executive bill to the state House of Assembly for the express approval to increase the retirement age of teachers from 60 to 65 years and 35 to 40 years of service,” he said.
Legit.ng earlier reported that the National Industrial Court (NIC) of Nigeria on Monday, November 5, in Abuja dismissed a prayer for a fresh order barring organised labour from proceeding on its planned nationwide strike slated for November 6.
The court had on November 2, restrained the organised labour from proceeding on the nationwide strike scheduled for November 6, over new national minimum wage.
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Source: Legit.ng