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EDUCATION STRIKES AND THE FIGHT FOR A LIVING WAGE

The recent strike by teachers and other education workers in the FCT exposed an uncomfortable truth: those who educate society are increasingly being forced to live in indignity. The strike was called over promotion disputes, career stagnation, and worsening conditions of service. The FCT-NLC...

FUEL PRICES, WORKERS’ LIVES, AND THE POLITICS OF DECEPTION

By Maxwell Adeyemi More than two years after fuel subsidy removal, working people are still paying the price for a policy sold as economic salvation. Workers were told subsidy removal would free resources for development, strengthen public services, and improve living standards. Instead, transport costs...
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EDUCATION STRIKES AND THE FIGHT FOR A LIVING WAGE

The recent strike by teachers and other education workers in the FCT exposed an...

FUEL PRICES, WORKERS’ LIVES, AND THE POLITICS OF DECEPTION

By Maxwell Adeyemi More than two years after fuel subsidy removal, working people are still...

The Struggle for a National Minimum Wage

By Izielen Agbon The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has proposed an upward review of the...

SOCIALIST LABOUR STANDS WITH THE NLC FCT GENERAL STRIKE

Socialist Labour expresses its unwavering and solidarity with the teachers, workers, and trade unions...