Category: Trade Unions

Press Statement SPN Condemns the Proposed Removal of Minimum Wage from Exclusive List Senate Action is a Wake-up Call on the NLC and TUC to fight more Resolutely to Defend Workers Living Standards NLC and TUC Must Call an Immediate 48-hour General Strike/Mass Protest Now! The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns in absolute terms the anti-poor decision by the

Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) CDWR CALL ON DURA PACK MANAGEMENT TO END ONGOING VICTIMISATION OF WORKERS DURA PACK WORKERS SHOULD EMBARK ON STRUGGLES FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS AND THE RECALL OF ILLEGALLY SACKED/LOCKED-OUT WORKERS Dura Pack is one of numerous Chinese owned companies in Nigeria which are run like slave camps. The company, which produces different types

Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) For 48-Hour Nationwide General Strike and Mass Protests against Education Attacks and Non-Implementation of Minimum Wage The Socialist Party of Nigeria is compelled by the fresh wave of strike actions by education workers’ unions (NUT, ASUP, SSANIP and ASUU) to call on the leadership of the NLC and TUC to mobilize for a 48-hour general

Socialist Party of Nigeria Ogun State Chapter PRESS STATEMENT OGUN TEACHERS’ STRIKE: GOVERNOR AMOSU MUST MEET THE DEMANDS OF TEACHERS AND STOP HARASSMENT OF THEIR LEADERS The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Ogun State Chapter, condemns in strong terms the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) led government in Ogun State over its refusal to honor the agreement the state government

SSANIP “June 4 Demo” Shows the Way Forward for On-going Polytechnic Workers’ Strike For More Mass Actions Uniting SSANIP, ASUP and NAPS in Struggle By Lateef Adams ERC Members Join Polytechnic Workers Protest March, photo DSM Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) in the Southwest Zone on Tuesday June 4 converged at the Yaba College of

Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Lagos, Teachers’ Union Election Dagga Tolar Elected As the New Chairman Victory Is Recognition of Consistency in Defence of Interests of Teachers and Other Sections of the Working Class People By Moshood Osunfunrewa, DSM Ajegunle Branch Dagga Tolar, photo DSM The victory of Comrade Dagga Tolar in the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) election, held on May 16, to

AJIF (Ajegunle, Lagos) NUT ELECTION 2013 VOTE: AJAYI O. V (Dagga Tolar) FOR CHAIRMAN, OSAKWE V.O. FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY Vote for Uncompromising Defence of Interest and Aspiration of Teachers The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) is presently in the lowest of waters, since its inception, with a growing apathy by a majority of classroom teachers to it. This is fallout

May Day 2013: Jonathan Government Intensifies Attacks on Democratic Rights 15 DSM Members Arrested at May Day Rallies By Peluola Adewale A worker making enquiry at our stand in Lagos, photo DSM The report of Democratic Socialist Movement members’ participation in this year’s May Day is dominated by the story of arrest or comrades, or threat of it, at a

Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) Press Statement DURA PACK WORKERS EMBARK ON STRIKE OVER DEATH OF COLLEAGUE CDWR DEMAND ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR FAMILY OF DECEASED AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR WORKERS It was a sad day for workers of Dura Pack Industry Ltd. when their colleague, Mr. Kenneth, died while at work on Tuesday April 16, 2013 by 3pm.

Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) – Osun State Chapter Press Statement Lecturers’ Strike in Osun State: SPN Rejects State-sponsored Kangaroo Court Order The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the latest antic of the Osun State government to break the strike of the academic staff unions at the four state-owned tertiary institutions without meeting their demands, using the some pliable

NLC and TUC’s Suspension of April 10 Protest: Angry, Bitter and Undeterred, Hundreds of Pensioners and Activists Rally in Lagos H.T Soweto Abiodun Aremu, JAF Secretary, addressing the protesters, inluding pensioners and activists, as well as journalists at rally – photo DSM – photo DSM If one were to describe the mood on Wednesday, April 10, at the protest rallies

Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) – Osun State Chapter Minimum Wage in Osun State: Rotten Deal between Aregbesola Govt. and Renegade Labour leaders Once again, the Rauf Aregbesola-led Osun State government has shown its anti-worker and dubious character with the current underhand dealing with renegade labour leaders to deny workers their legitimate right to the nationally legislated N18, 000 minimum

NLC Protest Call April 10 Protest must be a First Step in the Struggle to end Capitalist Mass Looting! Workers, Pensioners, youths and the Unemployed Must Join the Protest By Peluola Adewale The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) welcomes the decision of the Nigeria Labour Congress to hold a protest march in Abuja and Lagos against the monumental pension fraud and

Socialist Party of Nigeria, Osun state Lecturers’ Strike in Osun State Tertiary Institutions: Government Must Accede to Lecturers’ Demands “Opon Imon” Project is mere grandstanding The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Osun State Chapter, hereby calls on the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola/ACN-led Osun State government to immediately accede to the demands of the striking lecturers of the state-owned tertiary institutions. We

Socialist Party of Nigeria BUILD NLC PLANNED PROTEST AGAINST PENSION SCAM The SOCIALIST PARTY OF NIGERIA (SPN) welcomes and fully supports the decision by the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) to “mobilize workers on a protest march to the presidency and state government houses … over growing level of corruption and crisis in the pension