Strike: Preparation thickens as LASCO meets

AS labour prepares for a three-day warning strike beginning on Wednesday to force the government to implement the N18,000 Minimum Wage, leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and their Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterparts, have warned the Federal Government that any attempt to repudiate the payment of the N18,000 new Minimum Wage pact is an open invitation to anarchy.
NLC and TUC said yesterday that there was no going back on the warning after a meeting between the  Federal Government and labour ended in deadlock.
The three-day warning strike is scheduled for between Wednesday October 10 and 12.
Workers called on President Jonathan to urgently begin the process of implementing the new wage instead of talking about a renegotiation and constituting the Vice-President Namadi Sambo Technical Committee, that plans to meet leaders of NLC and TUC today in Abuja.
Similarly, Leaders of Labour and Civil Society Coalition, LASCO, a body of organised labour and its civil society allies, are meeting today in Lagos to finalise strategies to ensure an effective industrial action.
LASCO meets in Lagos
Secretary to Lagos chapter of LASCO, Comrade Abiodun Aremu, said leaders of LASCO would converge in Lagos today to finalise strategies and other preparation to ensure that the three days warning strike achieve a lasting effect.


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