For the first time in recent history of the Corporate Affairs Commission, its headquarters was shut down by picketing workers, who accused the management of corruption, high-handedness and violation of labour laws. The rift almost turned bloody but for a sense of reason which prevailed and saw the management and the leadership of the two labour centres, NLC and TUC agree to seek fresh dialogue to resolve the conflict. Onyebuchi Ezigbo reports Recently, labour crisis rocked the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). The matter was so bad that it led to the shutting down of the headquarters of the commission for one day by picketing workers under the aegis of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). From what emerged from the face-off, the dispute was two-fold. First there was a misunderstanding between staff belonging to two labour centres, NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over recruitment of members, while another part of the dispute had to do allegations of corruption and anti labour practices put against the CAC management by the workers