We’re Fighting For Living Wage, Not Starvation Wages – Organised Labour To NASS

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero; has said that the union is fighting for a living wage for the Nigerian workers and not starvation wage.

Ajaero disclosed this at a meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly, SGF, Ministers and NLC leadership in Abuja.

The meeting was initiated by the national Assembly to avert the planed nationwide strike that will commence tomorrow.

Recall that Labour had on Friday declared an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday, June 3rd over the failure of the federal government to conclude negotiations on a new national minimum wage and reverse the hike in the electricity tariff.

To avert the strike, NASS called for a meeting to reach a definite conclusion with Labour leaders.

During the discussion, Ajaero noted that what they are fighting for is living wages for workers and not a starvation wage.

He noted that the workers in question are brothers and sisters of the lawmakers and the ministers, stressing that they need to work for Nigerians.

On his part, the TUC counterpart, Festus Osifo who noted that the current situation in the country was difficult for Nigerians especially in the last one year, said that it has also resulted in the difficulty in negotiating a new minimum wage for workers.