Labour threatens nationwide strike over minimum wage, pension

The organised labour has threatened a nationwide strike if the government failed to begin process of reviewing the workers minimum wage, saying that Nigerian workers are hungry and legitimately angry.

The National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), an affiliate member of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), issued the threat in Kaduna on Thursday.

Addressing newsmen alongside NUTGTWN National President, Comrade John Adaji, General Secretary of the union and Vice President IndustriALL Global Union, Comrade Issa Aremu called on the Federal Government to urgently constitute a committee on the review of the current national minimum wage.

The labour union equally called on NLC and TUC to make urgent case for workers’ control of the country’s pension industry, saying pension fund is workers’ capital and should not be a play-ground to reward failed politicians.

~DailyTrust