Ipswich MP said his door will always be open to key workers
- Credit: Archant
Ipswich MP Tom Hunt has said his door will always be open to key workers - labelling claims he refused to meet with frontline staff to discuss their pay as a falsehood .
NHS workers will only get a 1% pay rise this year, despite the government originally budgeting for a 2.1% increase as a thank you for their heroic efforts during the pandemic.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Suffolk invited Mr Hunt to meet with them and key workers to discuss their pay and conditions.
But a letter signed by Suffolk Labour councillors said he was refusing to meet with local key workers to discuss their pay and conditions .
Ipswich MP said his door will always be open to key workers
- Credit: Archant
Ipswich MP Tom Hunt has said his door will always be open to key workers - labelling claims he refused to meet with frontline staff to discuss their pay as a falsehood .
NHS workers will only get a 1% pay rise this year, despite the government originally budgeting for a 2.1% increase as a thank you for their heroic efforts during the pandemic.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Suffolk invited Mr Hunt to meet with them and key workers to discuss their pay and conditions.
But a letter signed by Suffolk Labour councillors said he was refusing to meet with local key workers to discuss their pay and conditions .
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FG buying time to increase fuel price ― Femi Falana
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By Rasheed Sobowale
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, in an interview with VanguardLive TV, has claimed that the Federal Government was buying time towards increasing the fuel price.
Falana, who was responding to a question regarding the purported fuel price hike across the nation, stated that the PPRA who released a statement regarding fuel pricing lacks the constitutional power to do so.
According to him, such power as mandated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) belongs to the market forces.
In a press statement obtained by Vanguard, the Agency noted that its releases which were quoted to be indicative of price hike “was only indicative of current market trends and do not translate to an increase in the pump price of PMS.
Minimum wage crisis: Please don’t go on strike again, Gbajabiamila begs NLC, TUC Minimum wage crisis: Please don’t go on strike again, Gbajabiamila begs NLC, TUC
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The leadership of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, begged organised workers not to embark on a nationwide strike over the crisis trailing the bill which seeks to remove the minimum wage from the Exclusive Legislative List to Concurrent Legislative List.
The Speaker, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, gave the charge in Abuja, during a meeting Presidents of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Trade Union Congress (TUC) ahead of the proposed public hearing on the removal of Minimum Wage from Exclusive Legislative List to Concurrent Legislative List, which was sponsored by Hon Datti Mohammed.
Representatives from both sides are seeking to remove matters relating to wages from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List.