At the last count, 14 labour unions had written to their members, directing them to join the shutdown.
The warning strike is a last resort to pressure the government to rescind its decision over the recent mass sack of workers.
Earlier, sources had informed our correspondent that government officials and labour leaders had been in talks on how to avert the strike action.
The talks apparently fell apart, with the Kaduna State Government on Saturday warning that it would not be blackmailed by a proposed strike action, and directed civil servants to report for work on Monday.
We’ll not succumb to blackmail – Govt
‘Concept of labour rights is in accordance with Quran and Hadith’
Karachi
May 16, 2021
Less than one per cent of the labour force in Pakistan has formed unions, which shows that our labour is not organised. The lack of trade unions and collective bargaining agents has been attributed to religion for some strange reason as people are confused about it.
Karamat Ali, labour activist and the executive director of the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler), said this during a webinar titled ‘Labour Rights in Islam: Modern Relevance in Pakistan?’ organised by the Ziauddin Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, Ziauddin University.
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The Kaduna State Government (KDSG), has reacted to the notice of strike issued by labour unions, saying it would not succumb to blackmail.
Recall that the Organised Labour had issued notice of five days warning strike beginning from May 17.
The strike is over alleged refusal of the state government to follow laid down rules in the recent sack of some civil servants.
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Governor Nasir El-Rufai
The Kaduna State Government (KDSG), has reacted to the notice of strike issued by labour unions, saying it would not succumb to blackmail.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Organised Labour had issued notice of five days warning strike beginning from May 17.
The strike is over alleged refusal of the state government to follow laid down rules in the recent sack of some civil servants.
The government, however, gave the warning at a press conference on Saturday in Kaduna, addressed by the state Head of Service, Bariatu Muhammed, and the Commissioner, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Jafar Sani.