Minimum Wage: Labour Threatens FG, Says No Warning Strike

The Trade Union Congress has issued a communique to the federal government that there would no warning strike if the government failed to meet the demand of the union.

The president of the union, Quadri Olaleye, issued the threat in a press statement. Adding that the organized labour would embark on industrial strike if the government failed to meet the demand of the union by the close of work on Wednesday, October 16, 2019.

The TUC president hinted that the union had began mobilization for the looming strike.

He said “We had already begun mobilisation of our members for an industrial action long before we made the pronouncement. We have given instructions on mobilisation to our members in the states and all council areas.

“If by October 16, government fails to do what we expect from it, we will start our action with a rally. On the second day (October 17), the strike will begin.

“We are not going to give any warning strike this time round. We have threatened to go on strike on many occasions. The public can attest to this through media publication and letters to government.”

It could be recalled that the union was asking for the implementation of the consequential salary adjustment arising from the new minimum wage. (29 per cent salary increase for officers on salary levels 07 to 14 and 24 per cent adjustment for officers on salary grade levels 15 to 17.)

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