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PENGASSAN Impends Strike Over Fuel Scarcity

PENGASSAN Impends Strike Over Fuel Scarcity

November 10, 2020 7:55 am

Showdown amid the Federal Government and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) over the implementation of the controversial Independent Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) may lead to a fresh round of petroleum products scarcity with the Union ordering its members nationwide to shutdown.

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The government had ceased the payment of salaries of its workers not captured on the IPPIS electronic platform, including PENGASSAN members.

The Union in a memo, said it had earlier reached an agreement with the government to pay the outstanding salaries while the IPPIS …

Doctors In Ondo Initiate Indefinite Strike

Doctors In Ondo Initiate Indefinite Strike

November 10, 2020 1:47 am

Resident doctors at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo State have commenced an indefinite strike to press home the demand for unpaid salaries.

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Medical practitioners in Ondo had last week entered on a three- day warning strike to draw the government’s attention to the need to sort out over four months salary arrears.

The doctors said they took the decision to launch the indefinite strike at the end of a meeting held in Akure,  yesterday, as the state government had failed to address their demands.

Patients receiving …

Workers In DPR, PPPRA, Others Begin Warning Strike Over IPPIS

Workers In DPR, PPPRA, Others Begin Warning Strike Over IPPIS

August 14, 2020 10:04 am

Senior oil workers attached to agencies under the Federal Ministry of Petroleum yesterday embarked on a three-day warning strike over the failure of the federal government to pay their salaries in the last three months.

The workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN), in their protest, said they were stopping work following the authorities’ insistence on compelling them to join the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

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The striking workers said the government had not done enough to convince them that the IPPIS …

Omakoji Oyiguh Emerges Chairman Of Kogi NMA

NMA Suspends Warning Strike

January 24, 2020 9:10 am
The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), has suspended the warning strike it embarked on over an attack on its female member.

Dr Bulus Peter, Chairman of NMA in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Lafia.

Peter said the strike, which lasted for three days, followed the attack on the doctor, whose name was not provided, by a patient relative at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia.

The Chairman explained that the association decided to suspend the strike following intervention by the state government

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French Govt Offer Compromise In Bid To End Transport Strike

January 11, 2020 5:20 pm

France’s government Saturday proposed a compromise to end a crippling transport strike against pension reform, with an offer to withdraw a key proposal on raising the retirement age, but trade unions gave the announcement a mixed welcome.

The overture from Prime Minister Edouard Philippe came as protesters smashed storefronts in clashes with police in Paris, with the transport shutdown against the pension overhaul dragging into its sixth week.

“I am willing to withdraw from the bill the short-term measure I had proposed,” said Philippe, offering to scrap the most contested initiative that would in effect have raised the retirement age …

Resident Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike

January 10, 2020 11:11 am
Residents doctors at University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospitals, Akure in Ondo State, on Friday, embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries.

The angry doctors gathered at the hospital complex, displaying placards with various inscriptions showing their grievances.

Some of the inscriptions read: “we are asking for what we have worked for”, “a hungry doctor is a danger to the society”, ” our salary is our right, not a gift”, “pls pay our arrears”, “Arakunrin Akeredolu does not owe salary, why is UNIMEDTHC different? ”

Speaking to newsmen, Dr Taiwo Olagbe, the Chairman, Media Committee, Association of Resident Doctors,

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EKSUTH Health Workers To Commence Strike Monday Over Sack

January 10, 2020 6:43 am
Workers of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), will on Monday, January 12 commence total shut down of the health institution by declaring a strike action, if the management failed to reverse the “illegal” sack of its members.

About 200 workers of the hospital were last year December sacked by the management, but some have been reinstated due to pressure from organised labour.

Dropping the hint in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, the chairperson, Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Com. Omotola Farotimi , said the strike supposed to start on Friday (today), but the management of the hospital has been

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New Minimum Wage: NLC, TUC Threatens Govt With Strike

December 18, 2019 12:21 pm

The organised Labour in Kwara State has threatened to embark on industrial action if the state government fails to implement the ₦30,000 new minimum wage.

The labour union comprising of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, issued the threat during an emergency meeting held at the Labour House in Ilorin, the state capital, yesterday.

NLC and TUC explained that the state Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has refused to constitute a minimum wage committee despite efforts to convince him, hence the threat to embark on strike.

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Tensions Mount Over French Transport Strike

December 15, 2019 3:12 pm

Tensions between the French government and unions opposed to pension reforms mounted on the 11th day of a crippling transport strike Sunday, with the prime minister warning the French would not tolerate being stranded at Christmas.

The pensions overhaul, unveiled this week by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, would fold France’s 42 separate pension schemes — including the early retirement schemes covering train drivers, dockers and several other professions — into one system that requires people to work for longer.

Philippe particularly angered the unions by proposing a reduced payout for people who retire at the legal age of 62 instead …

Electricity Workers Suspend Strike Action

December 12, 2019 7:15 am

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended its strike action embarked upon on Wednesday to draw federal government’s attention to the plight of its members.

Following a meeting with officials of the federal government, the union accepted to discontinue the one-day old strike action.

According the National President of NUEE, Comrade Joe Ajaero who confirmed the outcome of the meeting to THISDAY, the workers’ grievances were conclusively addressed.

He said that all the concerns of the union and it’s members were addressed at the talks which lasted till the wee hours of today.

“ We have concluded deliberations …

As Strike Drags On, French Gov To Unveil Pension Plan

December 11, 2019 4:26 pm

The French government will unveil the details of a pension reform plan Wednesday that has already seen workers down tools in anticipation, crippling transport for a week as hundreds of thousands took to the streets in protest.

A speedy resolution appears unlikely, with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe warning Tuesday — the sixth day of an open-ended transport strike — of a lengthy battle ahead as unions vowed not to yield.

The industrial action has paralysed public transport in Paris and disrupted national rail services and grounded many planes.

It is the biggest show of union force since President Emmanuel Macron …

French Strike Snarls Commutes In Crucial Week For Macron

December 9, 2019 4:59 pm

Travellers across France endured a fifth day of turmoil on Monday amid a massive strike over planned pension reforms, as the government held a final meeting with union officials before unveiling details of the overhaul this week.

Unions have vowed to keep up the fight until President Emmanuel Macron abandons the plan, with another mass demonstration planned in Paris and other cities on Tuesday.

Most Paris metro lines were shut completely while others provided only a few trains during rush hour — leading to huge traffic jams in the capital — with network operator RATP forecasting similar disruptions for Tuesday.…

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