THE Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC and the
Trade Union Congress,TUC have resolved to proceed mobilise workers to
begin indefinite strike,tomorrow over fuel hike.
The workers’ action,according to Vanguard source, is to take effect from 12 midnight today.
This was the resolution of the union at its National Executive Council,NEC meeting, held today,at the NLC headquarters in Abuja.
Although,newsmen,
who waited anxiously to be briefed of the development at the
meeting,were left unattended to,a source told Vanguard that the workers’
unions resolved to proceed on an indefinite strike,beginning from 12
midnight.
The source said the unions took the decision to
mobilise workers on strike,after exhaustive deliberations on last week’s
fuel hike by the federal government and the attendant consequences on
the Nigerian workers and the general public.
“Our decision
not to suspend the strike was further fuelled by today’s injunction by
the Industrial Court,restraining us from proceeding on the strike
expected to begin tomorrow,”the source who said.
He disclosed
that the two bodies were still studying development and may not honour
the meeting expected with the government at the office of the Secretary
to the Government of the Federation this evening.
Vanguard
gathered that the factional NLC,led by the General Secretary of the
National Union of Electricity Employees,Joe Ajaero, may not join the
strike.
He had hinted yesterday that his leadership was not favourably disposed to embarking on the strike.
As
at the time of filing this report, the leadership of the NLC and the
TUC were yet to turn up for continuation of the meeting which was
adjourned earlier.
Joseph Erunke