Tag: strike
S.Leone nurses strike over Ebola pay amid lockdown
Nurses at a public hospital in northern Sierra Leone were on strike Thursday to demand hazard pay for treating Ebola…
Inflicting Pains On Nigerians
The on-going strike by the two major oil workers’ unions in the country- Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association…
Ministry meets with NUPENG, PENGASSAN over strike
The Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity has scheduled a meeting with NUPENG and PENGASSAN against Tuesday in Abuja to…
Students Slam Shekarau Over ‘No More Strike’ Promise
Harrison Iyoha Following the comment by Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, in Lagos last week that his ministry…
Strike by health workers unnecessary, unjustifiable – FG
The Federal Government says the planned strike by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) is unjustifiable, unnecessary and unfortunate. The…
Regulate Excessive Port Charges
The on-going strike by clearing agents at the APM terminals in Lagos is an indication that the countless demands over…
Osun teachers give Agregbesola 14 days ultimatum
Teachers in Osun have given the state government 14-day ultimatum to pay their outstanding allowances, release running grants and provide…
TASCE Unions Paralyses Activities, Embarks on Indefinite Strike
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Academic and commercial activities were on Tuesday paralysed at the Tai Solarin College of Education, TASCE, Omu Ijebu…
English health workers in first strike for 32 years
Workers in England’s state-run National Health Service go on strike on Monday for the first time since 1982 following a…
Liberia health workers to go on strike over Ebola pay
Healthcare workers in Liberia, the country hit hardest by the Ebola epidemic, will go on strike from Monday to demand…
NUPENG Strike: Rivers residents, commuters groan over fuel scarcity
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Commuters and business owners are now going through tough times in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, following…
Air France estimates strike cost at ‘500 million euros’
Struggling French flag carrier Air France on Wednesday said last month’s two-week strike would have an impact of around 500…
Lufthansa pilots’ strike grounds around 20,000 passengers
A new walkout by Lufthansa pilots on Tuesday forced the cancellation of 50 flights in Frankfurt, Germany’s busiest airport, affecting…
Union makes offer to end marathon Air France strike
Air France’s main pilots’ union offered to lift its crippling strike late Friday if an independent mediator were named to…
NUPENG loses N10bn to 5 days strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG), says their members cumulatively lost more than N10 billion during the…
Nigeria’s oil workers stop gas supply to Ghana
The strike declared by oil workers unions in Nigeria has halted gas supplies to several West African countries. The gas…
Oil Workers Begin Strike
Nigerian oil workers said they had started a strike on Tuesday that may affect exports, although market sources doubted they…
British unions attack austerity, threaten pre-election strikes
British trade unions lashed out Sunday at government austerity, threatened disruptive public sector strikes in the run-up to the May…
Shelve proposed strike, Oyo govt tells NASU
The Oyo State Government has appealed to members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) in its secondary schools to shelve…
Lufthansa flights grounded in new pilots’ strike
Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest airline, on Friday cancelled 200 flights, affecting 25,000 passengers, ahead of a pilots’ strike to be held…
Hong Kong students plan week long strike for democracy
Hong Kong students announced plans Thursday to hold a week long strike in response to Beijing’s refusal to grant the…
Nurses go on strike in Ebola-hit Liberia
Nurses at Liberia’s largest hospital went on strike on Monday, demanding better pay and equipment to protect them against a…
NFF Crisis: Players’ Union Begins Strike
The problem in Nigeria football took a dramatic turn yesterday when Nigeria players and top club managers said they are…
Federal Govt Lifts Suspension On Resident Doctors
The Federal Government has lifted the suspension of Residency Training Programme in all federal hospitals with effect from Thursday, 28…
Amosun lauds doctors for calling off strike
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria has commended the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) over it’s decision to call…
Ebola: Nigerian doctors call off strike, resume Monday
Kayode Obembe, president Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says the association has called off its three-month old (55 days) strike action.…
OAU Students Blame Union Leaders For ‘Needless’ Strike
Akintola Lukman Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun state, have blamed their Students’ Union leaders for embarking on…
LASU Fees Slash: Students To Get N840m
Kazeem Ugbodaga Following the reversal of students’ school fees, the authorities of the Lagos State University, LASU, are making arrangements…
We’ll Fight Jonathan To A Standstill — Doctors
Kazeem Ugbodaga Sacked resident doctors in the country have vowed to use every means to fight President Goodluck Jonathan to…
NUPENG threatens strike over alleged anti-labour practices
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to shut-down oil and gas operations over alleged…