Lagos Health Workers Warning Strike
Health workers in Lagos state organised a 3-day strike in the second week of December. The workers are members of the Medical and Health...
Federal Judiciary Workers Owed Salary Rise & Minimum Wage Increase
Workers in the federal judiciary are facing severe financial hardship because of the delayed payment of upwards of 35% salary increment for all federal...
WRC Condemns Violence at Work Against Student Nurse At Abeokuta
The Workers Rights Campaign (WRC) unequivocally condemns the physical assault unleashed on Julius Emmanuel, a final year student nurse, by a Doctor Nurudeen Adekunle,...
It is Not Workers’ Wages That Causes Inflation
Government officials and capitalist employers have always argued that trade unions cause inflation by demanding higher wages. But empirical evidence in Nigeria and several...
Arrests, Harassment And State Intimidation Of Working People Must Stop Immediately
Workers’ Rights Campaign (WRC) condemns the action of the Tinubu Regime over its continuous assault on peaceful protesters. The Right to assemble, freedom of...
SWL Supports NLC/TUC General Strike for a Living Wage as Minimum Wage
The Socialist Workers League (SWL) salutes the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for their courageous and principled decision to...
May Day: Imperative of Working Class Solidarity and Revolution
On 1 May, workers worldwide celebrate May Day, also which is the International Workers' Day. It carries profound significance for the workers in Nigeria,...
Health Worker Migration, Repressive Measures & Rank-And-File Nurses Fightback
Rank-and-file nurses in Nigeria rose to challenge new regulations issued in a 7 February circular by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN)...
Kenya: Police Crackdown on Protesting Doctors, Injure Union Leader
The Kenyan Medical Doctors, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union (KMPDU), along with other medical and health workers’ unions in the country, organised a peaceful demonstration...
Labour Demands N436,500, Government Sets Up Minimum Wage Committee, Fight for Wage Award Implementation...
The Trade Union side of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) has called for a new national minimum wage of N436,500 ($300)....
Worker’s Rights Campaign Condemns Attacks on the Labour Movement & Brutalisation of the NLC...
The Workers Rights Campaign (WRC) condemns the attack on the NLC President - Comrade Joe Ajaero, who was abducted at the early hours of...
Casualisation of Labour and Redundancies Undermine Workers’ Rights
Recently, Nigerian workers have been confronted with changing work structures, characterised by employers declaring redundancies without following procedures set out in the Labour Law....
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