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Enugu NLC, TUC kick against bill to decentralise National Minimum Wage

Enugu NLC, TUC kick against bill to decentralise National Minimum Wage On Kindly Share This Story: The organised labour in Enugu State has kicked against the bill at the National Assembly seeking to decentralise the National Minimum Wage in the country. The union, comprising Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) threatened to “bury the political career of any federal lawmaker who supports the bill”. The state NLC Chairman, Mr Virginus Nwobodo, issued the threat on Wednesday when he led a peaceful protest by labour to the state House of Assembly. Nwobodo said the issue of minimum wage law did not only apply to Nigeria but across the globe.

Labour Threatens Strike over Minimum Wage Decentralisation Bill

Our Correspondents The organised labour yesterday vowed to call out its members on a nationwide indefinite strike should the National Assembly go ahead with the bill seeking to move the National Minimum Wage from the Exclusive List to the Concurrent List of the Constitution. The union argued that National Minimum Wage as embedded in the constitution is an internationally recognized standard which has the endorsement of the United Nations, through its agency, International Labour Organisation (ILO). This is coming as hundreds of members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday organised a one-day protest during which they marched to the National Assembly complex in Abuja and the state Houses of Assembly across the country.

Labour threatens to shut down economy over minimum wage

Labour threatens to shut down economy over minimum wage
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