In its bid to adequately effect palliatives measures following the hike of pump price of petrol to N145 per litre, the Federal Government, yesterday, released names of its members of the technical committee to
work with organised labour on the agreement it reached with the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, and Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC on the development.
This outfit derives its resources from the liquidation of the Communist Party's assets built up over many decades by British workers (with a little help from their Soviet comrades) Therefore Progress can have no principled objection to another political tendency with impeccable socialist credentials and a much longer
relationship with the organised labour movement to join them in the fraternal contest to shape the direction of Labour's policies and influence the selection of candidates.
On a statement credited to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, that resumed
talks with the organised labour could only commence if the strike was called off, Ozo - Eson noted that only the organs of the NLC could take a decision on that.
Wabba said that the Minister of State for Health was contradicting the decision of the FEC on whistle blowers with removal of the names of 200 workers who
sympathised with the organised Labour from the payroll.
«Therefore, be prepared for worst because in the state broadcast to mark 57th independence anniversary, government has not seen any reason to open
dialogue with organised labour over the catalogue of workers» demands that led to he ongoing strike action.
There were even fewer open by the time Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary and man
charged with organising Labour's election campaign, had explained all his wall charts.
The Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswan, has been honest enough to state that his state is unable to afford the implementation of the minimum wage, setting him on a collision
course with organised labour.
And so earlier this year Frieze's leadership reached out to the unions, and, after negotiations that all sides have described as amicable, the fair is now
working with organised labour and will be fully unionised in 2015.
These changes bring Labour very close to being an individual membership party (as most of its rival parties already are, at least for leadership election purposes) while preserving in a much changed form the historic
relationship with organised labour that Mr Miliband rightly cherishes.
The Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, applauded the TUC for the massive participation and pledged Government's readiness to work
with organised labour to address the numerous labour related issues.