NLC To Embark On Two-Day Day Warning Strike Tuesday

By Missang AKPET 

The Nigerian Labour Congress is set to commence a two-day nation wide warning strike from Tuesday, September 5 2023.

This was contained in a 5 point communique reached after the Unions National Executive Council Meeting held on August 31st.

According to the release, the strike is borne out of the extensive hardship and deprivation aflicting Nigerians due to the removal of fuel subsidy and with the failure of the federal government to establish essential structures to address the widespread suffering in the nation.

It disclosed that the warning strike would be followed by an indefinite strike which is to commence on Thursday ,September 14, 2023.

 At the time of filling this report, essential sectors of the economy and over 50 other affiliate unions of the NLC have beefed up plans and mobilised its members ahead of the two-day warning strike.

Some of the unions considered vital to the nations economy who are set to join the strike include The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN), and The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE), Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAN), National Association of Air Pilots and Engineers (NAPE), National Union of Food Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE).

Some of the unions have already issued circulars and directives to its members ahead of the warning strike.

Meanwhile, the federal government on its part says it is ready to meet with the labour union on Monday in an effort to avert the strike.

Although the labour union has said there was no going back on the two-day warning strike, it has affirmed that the union is open to negotiations with the government.