NLC threatens to join ASUU
strike on July 23, 2013 at 11:24 am in News The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on
Monday threatened to join the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in
solidarity strike if the Federal
Government failed to address the ASUU
demands. NLC President, Abdulwaheed Omar, made
the threat at the opening ceremony of the
“2013 Rain School’’ in Uyo. “We call on the federal government to
have meaningful dialogue with ASUU
with a view to implementing the
agreement. “The State Governments should equally
obey the law and pay minimum wage to
teachers and the local government
workers as well as the 27.5 per cent
teacher’s enhanced salaries. “Should these strikes persist, workers of
Nigeria will not hesitate to join them in
solidarity,” he stressed. Omar said the modules of the rain school
were designed to train members of
affiliate unions and state councils of the
NLC. “This is in order to equip them with
necessary skills to empower and protect
their rights at workplace.’’ He said that the theme of the 2013 Rain
School was imperative due to the obvious
violation of workers’ rights in the
workplace and in the larger society. The Akwa Ibom Chairman of NLC, Mr
Unyime Usoro, commended the leadership
of the congress for keeping to its promise
on making Uyo the permanent host of the
school. “On our own part, we intend to ensure
that the standards set five years ago that
led to the permanent hosting right is not
lowered. “It is significant to note that the
government of Akwa Ibom has graciously
approved the building of the permanent
block for Rain Schools here in Uyo to
gather for the training needs of the union
leaders across the nation,” he said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the theme of the occasion
was: “Strengthening the trade Union for
Defence of Workers Rights.” (NAN)
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