Minimum Wage: TUC To Protest At National Assembly

The Trade Union Congress has directed its members to mobilise for a protest and occupation of the National Assembly complex on Wednesday against the Assembly’s move to remove the Minimum Wage Act from the exclusive to the concurrent legislative list.

This instruction was contained in a communiqué jointly signed by the TUC President, Quadri Olaleye, and the Secretary General, Musa Lawal, at the end of a National Executive Council meeting of the TUC on Thursday in Delta.

The union condemned the failure of some state governments to implement the new minimum wage and pension and charged the state councils of TUC to mobilise with the NLC and ensure full compliance of the action in their respective states.

TUC demanded that state governments yet to implement the new national minimum wage should commence negotiations with the Joint Negotiation Council in their respective state to avoid declaration of trade dispute.