{"id":7008,"date":"2013-07-24T05:25:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T05:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/nlc-threatens-to-join-asuu-strike\/"},"modified":"2013-07-24T05:25:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T05:25:15","slug":"nlc-threatens-to-join-asuu-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/nlc-threatens-to-join-asuu-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"NLC Threatens To Join ASUU Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has threatened to join the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in solidarity strike if the Federal Government failed to address the ASUU demands.<\/p>\n

NLC President, Abdulwaheed Omar, made the threat at the opening ceremony of the \u201c2013 Rain School\u201d in Uyo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe call on the Federal Government to have meaningful dialogue with ASUU with a view to implementing the agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe state governments should equally obey the law and pay minimum wage to teachers and the local government workers as well as the 27.5 per cent teacher\u2019s enhanced salaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cShould these strikes persist, workers of Nigeria will not hesitate to join them in solidarity,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Omar said the modules of the rain school were designed to train members of affiliate unions and state councils of the NLC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is in order to equip them with necessary skills to empower and protect their rights at workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the theme of the 2013 Rain School was imperative due to the obvious violation of workers\u2019 rights in the workplace and in the larger society.<\/p>\n

The Akwa Ibom Chairman of NLC, Mr Unyime Usoro, commended the leadership of the congress for keeping to its promise on making Uyo the permanent host of the school.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn our own part, we intend to ensure that the standards set five years ago that led to the permanent hosting right is not lowered.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is significant to note that the government of Akwa Ibom has graciously approved the building of the permanent block for Rain Schools here in Uyo to gather for the training needs of the union leaders across the nation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the theme of the occasion was: \u201cStrengthening the trade Union for Defence of Workers\u2019 Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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