{"id":464390,"date":"2011-07-20T00:04:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T00:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/20\/labour-halts-planned-strike\/"},"modified":"2011-07-20T00:04:59","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T00:04:59","slug":"labour-halts-planned-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/20\/labour-halts-planned-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour halts planned strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"250.5\">\n<p>Our Reporters<\/p>\n<p>Leaders of the nation\u2019s labour movement,\u00a0midnight, called off\u00a0 the three day warning strike they earlier declared to protest the reluctance of the Federal and state governments to pay the new minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p>The strike was called off\u00a0in Abuja\u00a0after marathon meetings between\u00a0 labour leaders on one hand and\u00a0 delegations of the Federal Government\u00a0 and the\u00a0 Governors Forum on the other hand. At the end of the six hour meeting between the leaders of the Nigeria Labour congress, NLC and\u00a0 Trade Union Congress (TUC) one side and the Governors Forum on the other, the labour leaders headed for the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) for another round of negotiation which lasted for over three hours.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Governor Adams Oshiomhole of\u00a0 Edo\u00a0 State played the role of a mediator in breaking the deadlock between the Federal Government\u00a0 and Governors Forum on one hand and the nation\u2019s\u00a0 labour movement.\u00a0 After\u00a0 the marathon meeting\u00a0 between labour leaders and the Governors Forum, the state chief executives, apparently mandated Governor Oshiomhole, who was the immediate past President of the NLC\u00a0 to accompany the labour leaders foranother\u00a0 meeting with the Federal Government delegation\u00a0 led by the Secretary to the Government of the\u00a0 Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179888\" title=\"nlc-cartoon\" src=\"http:\/\/vml1.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/nlc-cartoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although the meeting held behind closed doors, it was gathered that the Minister of Labour Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu was also present with the Director General of the National Wages and Salaries Commission, Chief Richard Egbule.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Earlier, at\u00a0the meeting held on Monday,\u00a0 Emeka Wogu had in his remarks,\u00a0 indicated that the Federal Government\u2019s position had hardly shifted from what it was last week.\u00a0\u00a0 He repeated the justification the Government\u2019s delegation had earlier given for its stance on the dispute over the National Minimum Wage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He maintained that what was budgeted for in the current financial year was fund\u00a0 for payment of\u00a0 public servants in categories one to six.\u00a0 He pointed out that\u00a0the major challenge for\u00a0government is\u00a0funding\u00a0the payment of the new minimum wage across board.<\/p>\n<p>His position was reiterated\u00a0 by the SGF\u00a0who appealed\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0labour leaders\u00a0 to call off\u00a0 the nationwide strike.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Anyim further urged\u00a0 the labour leaders to accept the implementation of the new minimum wage for workers on levels 1\u00a0to 6\u00a0 in the public service since this was what was budgeted for in the 2011 Appropriation Act of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>He pledged that the Federal Government had agreed to implement the salary review for workers on levels 7 to 17 by next\u00a0 January.<\/p>\n<p>He further explained that the Federal Government\u2019s earlier\u00a0 interpretation of the Minimum Wage Act was strict in the sense that it was fashioned to ensure that no Nigerian worker should receive less that N18,000 as his monthly wage, whereas, the labour movement\u2019s interpretation was that the law should apply across board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Below is a report\u00a0on the state of preparedness for the strike, ( across the country)\u00a0 before it was\u00a0called off\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Twenty four hours to the commencement of strike , panic and apprehension reigned supreme in the polity, yesterday. Across the 36 states of the federation, the citizenry took measures that would alleviate expected harsh impact of the industrial action.<\/p>\n<p>While some made panic buying of food, edible and household items including fuel and kerosene, others invaded banks, to withdraw funds. This was as some state governments, private organisations and others tried dissuading their staff from joining the strike.<\/p>\n<p>The strike action is expected to commence effectively 12 midnight should the government and labour fail to reach an agreement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panic buying of petrol hit Port-Harcourt<\/strong><br \/>In Port Harcourt and other parts of Rivers State, hundreds of motorists embarked on panic buying of petrol.<br \/>Also, some private businesses placed notices in their premises tasking members of staff not to go on strike, failing which they might be thrown out of their employments. However, some traders in Mile 1 Market (Rumuwoji Market).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ibadan: Some workers begin strike a day earlier<\/strong><br \/>As a measure of their resolve to press home their minimum wage demands, a section of the workers under the Joint Negotiation Council, began an indefinite strike in Ibadan yesterday, a day earlier than today\u2019s kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>Oyo State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Alhaji Bashir Olanrewaju, said workers in the state were fully prepared for the strike that would commence today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No going back on strike in Ebonyi<\/strong><br \/>The Ebonyi State council of the NLC and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday gave a standing order mandating the entire workers of the state to proceed on a three-day warning strike from today.<\/p>\n<p>The unions noted that the instruction was in consonance with the decision reached by the national secretariats of both NLC and TUC, consequent upon the non-implementation of the new minimum wage by the federal, state and local government s in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parliamentary workers ordered to stay at home<\/strong><br \/>Ahead of the strike, parliamentary workers nationwide have been ordered to stay at home by the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) National Assembly Chapter.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"14\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179547\" title=\"Govt2\" src=\"http:\/\/vml1.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Govt2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MINIMUM WAGE TALKS\u2014L-R: National President Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdulwaheed Umar; Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim and Chairman Nigeria Governors Forum Gov, R\u00f3timi Amaechi during the Federal Government delegation meeting with Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress (TUC) over new Minimum Wage in Abuja,Monday. Photo : Gbemiga Olamikan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a letter by Publicity Secretary, Comrade Elijah Ter Vanger, PASAN asked \u201call comrades to participate fully in the three-day warning strike, a notice of which has been sent to management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PASAN also urged the speedy implementation of the Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONCESS) for parliamentary workers agreed to with the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we reassure all comrades of our total commitment to the urgent and full implementation of CONCESS, we will continue to impress on the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) and leadership of the National Assembly to keep faith with the agreement of May 24, 2011 signed by all the stakeholders to sustain the industrial harmony in our work place\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lagos directs workers to shun strike<\/strong><br \/>For being the first state to begin the implementation of the N18,000 minimum wage, Lagos State Government has directed its workers not to partake in the three-day warning strike.<\/p>\n<p>In a circular issued by the state government and signed by the Head of Service, Mr. Adesegun Ogunlewe, the government said the strike was unnecessary since the state government had already complied with the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act 2011. It urged its workers to use the period to rededicate themselves and contribute meaningfully to the actualization of the mission and vision of the Governor Babatunde Fashola-led administration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workers battle-ready in Owerri<\/strong><br \/>The leadership of the NLC, Imo State Council, said yesterday that it had sensitised all its affiliated unions to fully respect the directive from the NLC National Headquarters on the nationwide warning strike.<\/p>\n<p>Already, directives have been passed to all public servants in the state to stay away from their offices until otherwise directed by labour.<br \/>Scores of customers were spotted in all the banking halls visited by Vanguard yesterday afternoon as they made spirited attempts to withdraw money from their accounts, for the upkeep of their families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panic buying in Yenagoa<\/strong><br \/>Residents of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital were yesterday locked in panic buying ahead of the three warning strike.<br \/>Already the Comrade Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai-led state chapter of the NLC, yesterday directed its members to stay away from their duty posts in deference to its national secretariat\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NLC, TUC sensitise workers in Ekiti<\/strong><br \/>NLC and TUC leaders in Ekiti State have directed their members to stay off their duty posts today. At separate press briefings in Ado Ekiti yesterday,\u00a0 NLC and TUC chairmen, Comrades Ayodeji Aluko and Olaiya Kolawole, said they had no option than to abide with the directive of their national headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>They\u00a0 declared that the state government had no option than to pay the N18,000 minimum wage to the workers in their respective states, adding that Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi was part of the governors that met and\u00a0 signed the agreement on minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edo workers poised for action<\/strong><br \/>Relatedly, the leadership of the two unions issued the same directive in Benin.<br \/>In a joint statement by Comrade Emma Ademokun (NLC Chairman) and Joe Aligbe (TUC), the unions directed all workers in the state to commence the warning strike today. They raised a 10-man team led by Comrade B.S Kadiri, Vice-Chairman (NLC) to monitor the industrial action.<br \/>They however noted that the strike action was without prejudice to the Edo State Government, which they said, \u201cin its wisdom approved the implementation of the minimum wage to Edo State workers to which we are grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the State chapters of the NLC, TUC and the Joint Negotiating Council have absolve themselves from the alleged collaboration with the State government to exclude some sections of the State civil service from the newly approved minimum wage bill.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Adams Oshiomhole had on July 11, 2011, signed an agreement with the trade union leaders the implementation of N18, 000. 34 minimum wages for the State civil servants with effect from June 2011.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that Nigerian Union of Teachers and the Judiciary Workers Council were not captured in the new minimum wage agreement and however, said that they were free to send their leaders to negotiate with the government.<\/p>\n<p>Against this backdrop, teachers in the state gave a seven-day ultimatum to the State government to include them or face an indefinite strike action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/07\/labour-calls-off-strike\/\" title=\"Labour halts planned strike\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Labour halts planned strike<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Our Reporters Leaders of the nation\u2019s labour movement,\u00a0midnight, called off\u00a0 the three day warning strike they earlier declared to protest the reluctance of the Federal and state governments to pay the new minimum wage. The strike was called off\u00a0in Abuja\u00a0after marathon meetings between\u00a0 labour leaders on one hand and\u00a0 delegations of the Federal Government\u00a0 and the\u00a0 Governors Forum on the other hand. At the end of the six hour meeting between the leaders of the Nigeria Labour congress, NLC and\u00a0 Trade Union Congress (TUC) one side and the Governors Forum on the other, the labour leaders headed for the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) for another round of negotiation which lasted for over three hours.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Governor Adams Oshiomhole of\u00a0 Edo\u00a0 State played the role of a mediator in breaking the deadlock between the Federal Government\u00a0 and Governors Forum on one hand and the nation\u2019s\u00a0 labour movement.\u00a0 After\u00a0 the marathon meeting\u00a0 between labour leaders and the Governors Forum, the state chief executives, apparently mandated Governor Oshiomhole, who was the immediate past President of the NLC\u00a0 to accompany the labour leaders foranother\u00a0 meeting with the Federal Government delegation\u00a0 led by the Secretary to the Government of the\u00a0 Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Labour halts planned strike - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/20\/labour-halts-planned-strike\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Labour halts planned strike - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Our Reporters Leaders of the nation\u2019s labour movement,\u00a0midnight, called off\u00a0 the three day warning strike they earlier declared to protest the reluctance of the Federal and state governments to pay the new minimum wage. 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