International pressure mounts on Nigeria over interference in trade union affairs vanguardngr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vanguardngr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa: www.ituc-africa.org) is deeply concerned about the current attempts in Nigeriato undermine and encroach upon the democratic and civic rights of Nigerian workers. We have received reliable information from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that the federal government is planning to exert control over trade union organisations and their leadership through various means, including the potential use of coercive and deadly force by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
Thousands took to the streets across Colombia, on June 7, in support of the labour, pension and healthcare reforms proposed by the Gustavo Petro government, reports Zoe Alexandra.
The lyrics of Chilean musical group Quilapayún are known by millions around the world: “El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido, La patria está forjando la unidad. De norte a sur se movilizará”. (The people united will never be defeated, the country is building unity, from north to south it will mobilise.) The song was written in June 1973, only months before the brutal repression of the Chilean working class by the dictator Augusto Pinochet, who assumed power in September. Over the last week in Chile, these lyrics have been heard loudly throughout the country in a united way.
Cuba 2022: Some 10,000 Workers in the Electricity Sector Left Their Jobs thestkittsnevisobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestkittsnevisobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.