In a move to end the ongoing nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress ,NLC, and the Trade Union Congress ,TUC, the Federal Government has invited the leaders of both unions for a meeting.
The meeting, scheduled for this afternoon, was called by the Office of the National Security Adviser ,NSA.
The strike was declared by NLC and TUC on Tuesday to protest the assault on NLC President Joe Ajaero and others in Owerri, Imo State, on November 1. The meeting aims to address the issues leading to the strike and find a resolution.
They had, on November 7, resolved to declare a nationwide strike by Tuesday, November 14, if their demands were not met.
Besides the brutalisation of the NLC President, other labour leaders and journalists, there are other grievances that precipitated the strike.
They include outstanding salary arrears, unjust declaration of 11,000 workers as ghost employees, unsettled gratuities, non-compliance with the N30,000 Minimum Wage Act and unjust declaration of 10,000 pensioners as ghost retirees.
Recall that suspected agents of the State and security operatives had descended on Ajaero alongside others when the labour leaders and others gathered at the NLC State secretariat in Imo State to begin a scheduled protest on November 1 over pending Labour issues.
The attackers smashed their vehicles, inflicting injuries on them and dispossessing them of handsets, money, and ATM cards, among other valuables.
The attack, brutalisation and battering of the labour leaders and others have continued to elicit outrage and condemnation across the country and beyond.
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