{"id":107526,"date":"2023-09-04T22:10:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T21:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=107526"},"modified":"2023-09-04T22:10:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T21:10:26","slug":"breaking-nlc-adamant-shuns-meeting-with-labour-minister-over-planned-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-nlc-adamant-shuns-meeting-with-labour-minister-over-planned-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: NLC adamant, shuns meeting with labour minister over planned strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The national leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress has shunned the last-minute reconciliatory meeting convened by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, to avert the two-day warning strike already declared by the labour centre.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com reports that only the leadership of the Trade Union Congress, led by its President, Festus Osifo, showed up for the meeting slated for 3 p.m. but which started at exactly 5:32 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The NLC in a communique jointly signed by its national president, Joe Ajaero and Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, on Friday said it decided to embark on a two-day warning strike following what was described as the failure of the Tinubu-led Federal Government to dialogue and engage stakeholders within the organised labour on efforts to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal on Premium Motor Spirit, popular known as petrol, on the \u201cpoor masses\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAlready, the organised labour in August staged a one-day protest, which grounded activities in major cities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>While listing other reasons why it would mobilize its members for the nationwide shutdown, the NLC accused the police of laying siege at the national headquarters of the National Union of Road Transport Workers; alleged exploitation of the rights of workers in Imo state; interference in trade union matters by the Abia State government and proposed demolition by the new minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, among others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress has shunned the last-minute reconciliatory meeting convened by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, to avert the two-day warning strike&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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