Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ebonyi State chapter, has announced one week warning strike over what it described as non implementation of the new minimum wage in the State.
The warning strike, according to the union leadership, shall commence 12 midnight today (Sunday).
Chairman of the union in the state, Comrade Professor Egwu Ogugua disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abakaliki, the state capital, Sunday.
He explained that Governor Francis Nwifuru unilaterally pronounced a wage award of N75,000 to grade levels 1 and 2, and N40,000 across board for Grade levels 3-16.
According to him, the Governor’s approach is averse to the traditional procedures of implementing minimum wage, no matter the magnitude of the beautiful intent.
Egwu argued that when a minimum wage is pronounced, it goes through the rigours process of consequential adjustments that would translate into an agreement which would be signed by both the government and the organised labour.
He added that the pronouncement on the minimum wage by the governor was not a product of any collective bargaining agreement as the organized labour was never part of any consultation that led to the pronouncement.
“On behalf of the entire State Council, we convey a notice of a one week warning strike action by Nigeria Labour Congress in Ebonyi State beginning from 00:00 hours of 1st December, 2024.
This is in line with the directive of 8th November 2024 by our national body to all State Councils in States yet to comply with extant procedures based on collective bargaining and eventual.
