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THE NLC STRIKE DIRECTIVE

 In concluding the Content on "Wicked Managements And Callous Trade Unions", we said it was an uncalled for attitude by the Trade Union to cut it's nose to spite it's face and went ahead to advise that Trade Unions should stick to the provisions in the Trades Disputes Act, so as to establish beyond all reasonable doubts that the politicians have destroyed all institutions on sight including the last hope of the common man. - The Judiciary.

The same last week, as if to confirm beyond all reasonable doubts, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) is a callous Labour Center just the affiliate unions, came up with a directive to it's State Councils whose states have not implemented the new National Minimum Wage Act, to proceed on strike with effect from 1st December, 2024.

The above action or directive of NLC is unknown to the Labour Laws of Nigeria and even the ILO Convention on Collective Bargaining. When disputes arise, there are set down procedures for settlement.

In Nigeria, the disputes settlement process takes both Internal and External means. The external process involves four main methods through the intervention of Third Parties which are statutory. They are:-

- Mediation and Conciliation.

- Industrial Arbitration Panel.

- Inquiry and Fact Finding.

-National Industrial Court.

In the contemplation of the Law, there shall be no strikes until the above process has been exhausted to the extent that any strike is regarded as illegal whereby the principle of No work No pay shall apply.

In our opinion, the subsisting directive by the NLC is not only illegal but childish. Should it be politically motivated, the current NLC Leadership should go to the School of OSHO BABA to learn how to move from Industrial Relations Leadership to Political Leadership.

For once, let the political leaders stand on the law of No work No pay, so as to teach these callous unions a bitter lesson that without obedience to Codified rules of engagement anarchy rules.

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