For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
ERC HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE TO CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO MEET ASUU AND ASUP DEMANDS Report by Kayode Salako and Lamide Adabale HT Soweto addressing the press, photo DSM As the indefinite strikes of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) roars on, the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) held a media conference on
JAF SOLIDARISES WITH DURA PACK WORKERS AS THEY CONTINUE PROTEST AGAINST SLAVE LABOUR By Chinedu Bosah DURA PACK workers displaying placards highlighting their plights and demands, photo DSM On October 25, 2013, which was the 19th day since workers of Dura Pack Industries had begun the struggle to demand their rights to belong to a union of their choice, as
Education Rights Campaign PRESS STATEMENT ERC CONDEMNS CLAMPDOWN ON ASUU PROTESTS BY POLICE No to Attack on Democratic Right to Protest Bad Policies We Urge ASUU to Take the Struggle to the Next Level by Naming a Day of Nationwide Mass Protest The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) welcomes the decision of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to engage
ASUU STRIKE: OAU ASUU CHAPTER HOLDS PROTEST RALLY By Wole Olubanji (Engels) ERC National Mobilisation Officer Jonathan don’t kill education, photo by Yomi Amoo On 21st October, 2013, the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Chapter of ASUU organised a protest rally to sensitise the public on the crisis rocking the education sector and the lingering ASUU strike. This is part
ASUU STRIKE: ERC Lobbies Trade Unions to Declare a Day of Solidarity Strike By Kayode Salako with banner, photo by DSM Members of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) and other layers of student activists embarked on a lobby action on 24th October, 2013. The lobby action was primarily meant to put pressure on the NUT, NUEE, and NUPENG to actually
Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights Oyo State Chapter 27th October, 2013 PRESS STATEMENT THE LINGERING CRISIS AT COCOA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA (CRIN): Proscription of workers unions is an infringement on workers democratic right; NLC and TUC Solidarity support is needed urgently! The Oyo State Chapter of the Campaign for Democratic Workers Right (CDWR) condemns the despotic tendency recently
Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) DURA PACK WORKERS CONTINUE STRUGGLE FOR UNIONISATION AND DECENT WORK SOLIDARITY ACTIONS BY TRADE UNIONS AND PRO-LABOUR ORGANISATIONS URGENTLY NEEDED! Since October 11, the workers of Dura Pack, Lagos, have been on indefinite strike over the demand for unionization and improved working conditions. The action actually started on October 7 when the mass
TRADE UNIONS HOLD RALLY AGAINST PRECARIOUS WORK CDWR CALLS ON UNIONS TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE AGAINST ANTI-LABOUR PRACTICES By Michael Ogundele Rally against precarious work: protest march hits the street, photo DSM The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) and Joint Action Front (JAF) joined some trade unions in a mass Lagos rally on October 7 to campaign against
Education Rights Campaign PRESS STATEMENT ASUU STRIKE: WE WELCOME THE NUT, NUPENG AND NUEE’s DECISION TO CALL SOLIDARITY STRIKE We Urge the Three Unions to Name a Day for the Solidarity Strike Actions The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) fully welcomes the decision of three trade unions – the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), the National Union of Petroleum and Natural
SPN Condemns Police Brutality of Newly Recruited Teachers in Rivers State Rivers State Must Give Letter of Employment to all the Teachers The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns in absolute terms, the barbaric, undemocratic and inhuman treatment of 13, 000 newly employed teachers in Rivers State by the Rivers State Command of the Nigerian Police. According to newspapers’ reports,
JAF Abeokuta Rally: Workers and Students Continue Save Public Education Struggle By Wole Olubanji (Engels) No to fee hike: Workers and Students Continue Save Public Education Struggle , photo DSM On September 19 the Joint Action Front, in conjunction with the branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Ogun state, organized a mass procession in Abeokuta in
Education Rights Campaign PRESS STATEMENT COEASU 7-DAY WARNING STRIKE FURTHER DEMONSTRATES THE UTTER FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT MUST MEET COEASU DEMANDS IMMEDIATELY The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has embarked on a 7-day warning strike to compel the federal and state governments to meet its demands. The union is demanding, among other things, the implementation of the agreement
Education Rights Campaign (ERC) Press Statement LABARAN MAKU’S SCAREMONGERING ON ASUU STRIKE: GOVT CAN SHUT DOWN IF IT MUST; IT WOULD BE GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH On 4th September, 2013, the Minister of information Mr. Labaran Maku, in an attempt to give the false impression that the 2009 ASUU/FGN agreement is not implementable, declared that government activities could shut
Press Statement Osun State Government Should Pay Retirees The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) Osun State Chapter calls on the government of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in Osun State to immediately commence the full payment of outstanding pension and pension arrears of retirees in the state. Currently, some sections of the retirees have been processed without being paid a
Socialist Party of Nigeria PRESS STATEMENT NLC NEC Communiqué: Labour Must Go Beyond Scratching the Surface NLC, TUC Should Mobilise for 48-hour Strike on Minimum Wage and in Support of ASUU Struggle The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) welcomes the recent decision of the National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to take up some issues affecting the
JAF CALABAR RALLY: WORKERS AND YOUTH TAKE A FURTHER STEP IN THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE EDUCATION. Socialist Party of Nigeria gains deeper echo despite right-wing attack By Ayo Ademiluyi and Onwunalu Alexander JAF Calabar August 27 – photo DSM With more than one hundred people in attendance, including workers drawn from Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Academic Staff Union
RE: ASUU officials in street brawl with Socialist Party Rejoinder to Daily Trust fabrication We write in response to a news article published on Wednesday 28 August 2013 in the Daily Trust newspaper. It was written by Eyo Charles, a Daily Trust correspondent in Calabar. In the report, the journalist alleged that “leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities
Education Rights Campaign Press Statement FG and ASUU’s NEGOTIATION: Mass Struggle Needed to Break The Deadlock! We Warn Government Not To Attempt To Break The Strike We Call on ASUU To Name a Day for Nationwide Mass Protest and Demonstration From all indications, negotiations between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have broken down. Instead
ASUU STRIKE IS TO SAVE PUBLIC EDUCATION! SUPPORT THE STRIKE! DON’T BREAK IT! WE URGE ASUU TO TAKE THE STRUGGLE TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY NAMING A DAY FOR NATIONWIDE MASS ACTION Education Rights Campaign (ERC) statement No doubt, there is urgent need for us to act now to save Nigeria’s education sector from a total collapse! It will interest
ASUU STRIKE UPDATE: JAF, ASUU and NANS Zone D Lead Protest against Education Underfunding ASUU Should Name a Day of National Protest as Next Stage of the Struggle Chinedu Agbebire JAF banner – photo DSM The national “Save Public Education” protest organized by the Joint Action Front (JAF) had its kick-off on Tuesday 13th of August 2013 in Lagos. The