Listed
among the breakaway affiliates of the NLC and the Trade Union Congress are NUPENG, NUEE, Nigeria Union of Mine
Workers, National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Employees, Nigeria Union of
Rail Workers, National Union of Lottery Agents and Employees, Association of Nigeria Aviation, Professionals, National Association Aircraft Pilots and Engineers and others.
Heallth
workers, teachers, local government employees, fire fighters, university staff, civil servants and
rail workers are
among the groups that will strike.
«The District of Columbia is
among the first in the nation to achieve SSO Program certification to strengthen
rail transit passenger and
worker safety,» said FTA Deputy Administrator K. Jane Williams.