NLC TUC ASUU STRIKE STILL ON LABOUR NOT HAPPY ABOUT COURT INJUNCTION

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.