Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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N18, 000 MINIMUM WAGE:

N18, 000 MINIMUM WAGE: WORKERS MUST TAKE THE STRUGGLE TO THE NEXT LEVEL DSM Osun State Chapter Workers must organise mass rallies, protest marches, pickets throughout the state. Strike committees must be set up in all the local governments N18, 000 minimum wage for all OYES volunteers with their right to join unions. The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State

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NEW DSM BRANCH HOLDS SYMPOSIUM

NEW DSM BRANCH HOLDS SYMPOSIUM A new branch of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) – CWI Nigeria has been opened at the Federal Polytechnic Bida in Niger State. It held its first symposium on August 13 with about 40 students in attendance. Speakers included the president of the Students’ Union, chairman of the senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic (SSANP),

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Ajegunle ERC Commence Annual Free Holiday Coaching

Ajegunle ERC Commence Annual Free Holiday Coaching Daily increase in number of students, tremendous devotion from volunteer teachers HT Soweto The Ajegunle, Lagos, branch of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has commenced its annual free holiday coaching. The ERC is a campaign initiated by the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) – CWI Nigeria since 2004 to campaign against education underfunding, fee

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DSM Minimum Wage symposium in Osogbo

DSM Minimum Wage symposium in Osogbo By Ayo Ademiluyi The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State held a symposium on the raging issue of N18, 000 minimum wage the Osun State workers are currently engaged in. The symposium with the theme: N18, 000 Minimum Wage; the Way Forward, was held at the NUT Secretariat Auditorium, along Iwo Road in Osogbo

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O’CLEAN, STOP THE RESTRICTION

O’CLEAN, STOP THE RESTRICTION By Alfred Adegoke On 25th June, 2011 the Osun State Government commenced a compulsory environmental sanitation exercise which unlike what obtains in some other States e. g. Lagos State as a monthly exercise, the Aregbesola’s Government imposed a 90 (ninety) days exercise during which the Markets are closed 7.00am- to 9.00am, ditto for Schools/ Offices on

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OYES: Aregbesola Should Implement His Campaign Promises

OYES: Aregbesola Should Implement His Campaign Promises By Kola Ibrahim When Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola was campaigning in 2007, he promised in his Manifesto, titled ‘My Pact with Osun People’ to “… create immediate employment for 20, 000 people within (our) 100 days in office.” He stated further, “… 5000 of these places shall be reserved for those who were retrenched

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Osun State Workers’ Strike: Government must implement the N18, 000.00 minimum wage

Osun State Socialist Democracy (SD) August 2011 Edition Osun State Workers’ Strike: Government must implement the N18, 000.00 minimum wage The decision of workers in Osun State to embark on strike to demand their legitimate right to a modest minimum wage of N18, 000, is commendable after the Osun State government had stubbornly and arrogantly refused to accede to this

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OSUN WORKERS HOLD CONGRESS AND REMAIN RESOLUTE

MINIMUM WAGE: OSUN WORKERS HOLD CONGRESS AND REMAIN RESOLUTE Kola Ibrahim All the copies (about a thousand) of the new edition of Osun State Socialist Democracy (SD) produced were sold out at the Congress of the Osun state workers on minimum wage in Osogbo held on Wednesday August 17, 2011. Indeed, some workers made photocopies of the paper out of

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Workers determined, but leaders hesitate

Osun State Minimum wage struggle Workers determined, but leaders hesitate By Ayo and Raheem In a wonderful display of workers’ power, early August saw major government activities brought to halt in Osun State on the basis of an industrial action called by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress over implementation of the new N18,000.00 minimum wage. While the

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WORKERS MUST UNDERTAKE TOTAL STRUGGLE FOR TOTAL VICTORY

DSM Osun State Chapter WORKERS’ DEMAND FOR N18, 000 MINIMUM WAGE: WORKERS MUST UNDERTAKE TOTAL STRUGGLE FOR TOTAL VICTORY The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State Chapter, commends the workers’ decision in Osun State to embark on strike to demand for their legitimate right to a meagre minimum wage of N18, 000, after the Osun State government had stubbornly and

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Minimum Wage: Urgent Issues which Labour must Address to ensure Total Implementation

Minimum Wage: Urgent Issues which Labour must Address to ensure Total Implementation By Peluola Adewale By 12 midnight on Wednesday July 20, 2011, when most workers and Nigerians had probably gone to bed, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) called off the three-day warning general strike they had planned to commence later in the day. This

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As inner cities erupt – a mass workers’ movement is needed to defeat the government

As inner cities erupt – a mass workers’ movement is needed to defeat the government Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary, CWI, England and Wales “The scenes of despair and explosions of anger like those of 1981 will be back on our streets. “Deprived areas of major cities – if not the central areas, then the ‘banlieus’ or outskirts