The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Commerce Union Congress (TUC) have introduced plans to carry a peaceable solidarity rally on February 3 in help of the Joint Union Motion Committee (JUAC).
The unions disclosed this in a joint assertion issued in Abuja and signed by the NLC Basic Secretary, Benson Upah, and the TUC Secretary Basic, Nuhu Toro.
The rally is in solidarity with Federal Capital Growth Authority (FCDA) employees below the aegis of JUAC, who’re at the moment on strike over unpaid salaries.
JUAC employees started an indefinite strike on January 19, which led to the shutdown of main administrative places of work, together with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Secretariat and the FCDA.
The economic motion adopted the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued on January 7, throughout which the unions demanded that the FCTA administration handle long-standing labour and welfare points.
In response to the unions, the rally is meant to reaffirm labour’s collective precept that an damage to at least one employee is an damage to all throughout the Nigerian labour motion.
They stated the motion would ship a transparent message that organised labour would resist all types of intimidation and injustice in opposition to employees.
Describing the wrestle as professional and non-negotiable, the unions harassed that it could be sustained till justice is achieved. They added that their help for JUAC members stays complete and unwavering.
The NLC and TUC urged JUAC members to stay steadfast, brave, and united in defending their rights.
They defined that the deliberate rally is aimed toward demonstrating collective resistance to injustice and can be directed on the FCDA, insisting that the protest can be lawful and peaceable.
The unions additionally directed all associates and state councils to mobilise massively for the rally, noting that intimidation and repression wouldn’t weaken employees’ resolve.
They reiterated that employees’ rights should not freely given however gained via collective wrestle, assuring employees within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that they’d not be deserted.