New National Minimum Wage : Reject Govt. Proposal that does not meet the expectation of Workers-AWC
- By solomon2day
- On 18/06/2019
- In News
The All Workers Convergence(AWC) has warned that any proposal by the Federal Government on the new national minimum wage that does not meet the expectations of Nigerin workers would be rejected.
The AWC gave this warning through its National Coordinator, Comrade Andrew Emelieze.
''It must be noted that any proposal by the FederalGovernment on the new national minimum wage that does not meet the expectations of Nigerian workers would be rejected and visited with protests and strikes. The AWC therefeore calls on government to retrace its steps and fine tune the table to reflect public servcie rules and regulations. The AWC also calls on workers at the state level and their labour unions to resist and protest against any state government that attempts to pay below the legally accepted new national minimum wage . Labour is called upon to give a final notice of June ending for the implementation of the new national minimum wage or else the labour unions should declare a nationwide strike action from 1st of July, 2019'', Comrade Emelieze concluded.
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