Edo YES Workers Pay the Costs of Elections
State and Federal governments claim they have no money and so they say the workers cannot be paid their salaries. In 18 states the...
Greek Workers Fight Back Against Austerity
by Costas Pittas*
The electoral victory of Syriza in Greece in January 2015 created huge optimism across Europe. After five years of struggle --...
Union Women Mark Women’s Day
...demand the reinstatement of Jimena Lopez
by Lola Akinlosotu
Women members of affiliates of both the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress commemorated the 2015...
OAU Students Elect New Union leaders
by Idris Banjris
The elections for the new Students’ Union leadership at the Obafemi Awolowo University were completed recently. It required mass resistance by students...
The Starting Point for Buhari’s Administration is to Demonstrate a New Order of Governance-...
The new President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade (Dr) Ayuba Wabba has spent two decades in the movement and successfully steered the affairs...
Tertiary Institution Workers and Students Fight Education Underfunding
by Victor Lijofi
The academic and non-academic unions of state colleges organised under the Council of Academic Staff Unions of Osun State Tertiary Institutions (CASUOSTI) and...
ASUP Fights for Polytechnic Education’s Survival
by Oladepo Kazeem Adebowale
Technical education is widely accepted to be a key driver for sustainable economic growth and development. As a result, the new...
Electricity Workers Against Nuclear Power
by Nnamdi Ikeagu
The National Union of Electricity Employees, an affiliate of the NLC has expressed its ejection of the use of nuclear power to...
Air Traffic Controllers Strike and Win
by Segun Ogun
Members of the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers, a component part of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria...
NLC Reaffirms Commitment on Western Sahara Independence
by Yusuf Lawal
Nigeria Labour Congress reaffirmed its commitment to the struggle of the people of the Western Saharawi Arad Republic for independence from Morocco....
Austerity Is Only Needed Because Of Organised Looting
by Drew Povey
The new Federal and state governments may try and extend the current austerity measures – their excuse could be that the international...
Migrants Perish in the Mediterranean
by Yusuf Lawal
400 migrants died in the Mediterranean Sea on April 15 when their boat capsized. Four days later disaster struck again as about...