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As the world celebrates the international workers day. Nigerian workers across the country are gathered at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the nation’s capital to demand for better working conditions and improved security.
At the event, members of Nigeria Labour Congress (TUC) and its Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart would attempt to speak ‘truth to power,’ as soul-searching speeches are expected from NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, and his TUC counterpart, Quadri Olaleye.
Workers are expecting that there will be demands aimed at curtailing the spread of insecurity, haphazard implementation of minimum wage, rising inflation, concrete action on the revitalisation of refineries amid push for full deregulation of the downstream sector of the Nigeria oil industry, devaluation of the naira. Chairmen of state councils would equally.
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Unions are stepping up campaigns to ban companies from firing workers and rehiring them on worse terms after research suggesting strong public support for making the controversial practice illegal.
During the pandemic there have been a number of high-profile disputes about the use of fire and rehire tactics, with unions accusing businesses of using the UK s weak employment laws to raid wages and cut terms such as sick pay .
The controversial practice, which is illegal in countries like Ireland and Spain, is still legal in the UK, but the British public seem to want it banned here too.
Fire and rehire: Hundreds of British Gas staff refused to sign the new contracts and lost their jobs, but many did agree to new terms to keep their jobs. (Pictured: British Gas engineers striking in January this year)
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