NLC can negotiate alone, Ajaero replies TUC president

- ✦He spoke on Monday while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, amid the disagreement between the two labour bodies over the N70,000 transport allowance approved by the Federal Government for workers across all levels for six months. v “TUC can negotiate along with NLC but NLC can negotiate alone based on the principle of most workers representatives of the ILO,” the NLC president said.
- Ajaero said the TUC could negotiate alongside the NLC but could not independently negotiate with labour authorities, citing what he described as the principle of most workers’ representatives under the International Labour Organisation.
- Photo of Joe Ajaero, Nigeria Labour Congress President The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has insisted that the union has the authority to negotiate alone on labour matters, countering the position of his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Festus Osifo, that both labour centres must participate in such negotiations.
- He spoke on Monday while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, amid the disagreement between the two labour bodies over the N70,000 transport allowance approved by the Federal Government for workers across all levels for six months. v “TUC can negotiate along with NLC but NLC can negotiate alone based on the principle of most workers representatives of the ILO,” the NLC president said.
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has insisted that the union has the authority to negotiate alone on labour matters, countering the position of his Trade Union Congress…
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He spoke on Monday while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, amid the disagreement between the two labour bodies over the N70,000 transport allowance approved by the Federal Government for workers across all levels for six months. v “TUC can negotiate along with NLC but NLC can negotiate alone based on the principle of most workers representatives of the ILO,” the NLC president said.