For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
WE CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY ALL BACKLOG SALARIES WITHOUT DELAY AND ADEQUATELY FUND EDUCATION The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the federal government’s refusal to pay University workers backlog of salaries owed to them. Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) members are owed four
WE REMEMBER AFRIKA AND 4 OTHERS! JOIN THE ERC TO BUILD AN INDEPENDENT, DEMOCRATIC, AND MASS BASED STUDENTS UNION TO FIGHT CULTISM AND ANTI-STUDENT POLICIES Today makes it 25 years after the bloody cult attack which took the lives of five students of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife. The slain students included a 21-year-old 400-Level law student and the then Secretary-General
WE CALL FOR A DEMOCRATIC PANEL OF ENQUIRY AND IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION OF NLC AND TUC TO ENSURE THAT WORKERS’ DEMANDS ARE ACCEDED TO WITH ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR THE DECEASED AND INJURED The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), condemns the reported killing of one Mr Bode, a staff of SUMAL FOOD LIMITED, and brutalization of many other workers from
CDWR DEMANDS A LIVING WAGE FOR NIGERIAN WORKERS AND BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE MASSES IN GENERAL The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have been at loggerheads with the government and private sector over a new minimum wage, and negotiations have been deadlocked for over 3 weeks and still counting. Government and Private Sector insistence on
Mass protests in Kenya have forced the government to withdraw unpopular tax increases. These amounted to a massive attack on the living standards of the middle class, the working class, the poor and young people. On Tuesday, 26 June, a mass protest forced its way into parliament, setting it alight, and preventing the finance bill from being passed. Politicians had
The strike should not be limited to a Stay-at-Home Action but include a Series of Mass Action and a link with the state striking nurses and midwives to build a coalition for the actualization of demands The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, Oyo state branch, welcomes the decision of the members and leadership of the Medical and Health
This year’s June 12 anniversary was used by some left and pro-working people’s organizations to hold protest against mass hunger and anti-poor policies. In Lagos, the Joint Action Front (JAF) and Education Rights Campaign (ERC) worked with the Take it Back movement (TIB) and others to organize the mass action. Protests were also held in a few other states. Members
We call on Labour not to restrict the Strike to a Stay-at-Home Action but Hold a Series of Mass Actions. The struggle must also call for Reversal of Anti-People Policies of the Tinubu Government. The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) welcomes the decision of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to embark on an indefinite general strike
CDWR Holds Public Meeting Participants Agree on Urgent Need for Workers to Rebuild the Trade Unions and Make them Fighting Platforms By Davy Fidel Amidst the low ebb of consciousness among workers, youth, and the working masses undergoing economic hardship under the failed “Renewed Hope” government of President Tinubu that has unleashed anti-poor and neoliberal policies, the Campaign for Democratic
CDWR CALLS ON LABOUR LEADERS TO MOBILISE WORKERS FOR SUSTAINED MASS ACTIONS TO ACTUALISE LIVING WAGE AND END ALL ANTI-PEOPLE CAPITALIST POLICIES On Wednesday, May 15, 2024, the leadership of both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) walked out of the meeting of the tripartite committee on the national minimum wage negotiation in protest against offers
On 8 May 2024 hundreds of disengaged workers of Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) gathered at Ikeja Under Bridge to kick off a protest march against their unlawful disengagement by the Sanwo-Olu-led government in the state. The protest was called by three unions in the sector – the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical & Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE),
The name of Rotimi Sankore is engrained on the marble of history of struggle against military dictatorship in Nigeria. The historic July 5-7, 1993 mass protests, following the annulment of June 12 election by Ibrahim Babangida junta, was a catalyst in the struggle. Millions were on the streets calling for an end to the military rule. Sankore contributed to making
Kola Ibrahim, the organiser of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) in Osun State, aptly captures the current situation of the workers’ movement in Nigeria in his account of May Day rally in Osogbo Osun state. He wrote, “In the absence of a fighting labour leadership, many seemed to have resorted to fate or faith. This is clearly reflected in the
For building of a mass movement against hunger and hardship For a 48 hours general strike and mass protest Now! Reacting to the mood of the nation, especially the outbreak of spontaneous protests in different parts of the country, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) started a 2-day nationwide mass action on February 27 to protest the hardship many Nigerians face
Every worker and trade union activist should find it disturbing that well over six weeks after the expiration of a two-week ultimatum issued on February 27 to the Bola Tinubu government over the cost-of-living crisis, not a single word had been uttered by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on their next course of action. The ultimatum, which
Democratically Organised Community Policing and Mass Gainful Employment Can Reduce Violent Crimes Drastically By Chinedu Bosah The working masses are facing different attacks on all fronts. On one hand, they are grappling with the heavy weight of exploitation and mass looting of public resources and funds, on the other hand, they are paying the heavy price of kidnapping and other
The Committee for a Workers International offers revolutionary greetings and extends the hand of solidarity to the millions and billions of workers and young people worldwide this May Day. The Democratic Socialist Movement is the Nigerian affiliate of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Over the past year the best traditions of workers’ struggle have continued to find new expressions.
Without trade unions, workers may not be so different from slaves. Trade unions are the reasons there exist the limited rights enjoyed by workers in the workplace and the many victories won through collective bargaining and strikes. But since the past few years, the potency of the trade union movement in Nigeria has reduced. Now when workers sneeze, oppressors no
Labour Must Fight all Anti-Poor Policies and For a Socialist Nigeria Two years ago, precisely May 30, 2022, Comrade Rufus Olusesan, popularly known as Ero, was unanimously elected as the President of Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association, (PERESSA). The union had been badly managed for years and was in a state of near collapse. Comrade Gideon Adeyeni
Our world today is in a climate emergency – “a code red for humanity” according to the UN Secretary-General. The UN Environment Programme has declared a climate emergency for the entire world. Average global temperature keeps rising alarmingly, while the endless release of greenhouse gases continues to change the composition of the atmosphere. The global average temperature in 2019 was
