The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday said workers would embark on a three-day warning strike from November 10-12.
The strike is in protest at the Federal Government’s delay in implementing the new national minimum wage, several months after the conclusion of negotiations.
The NLC, which issued the notice in a communiqué issued at the end of its National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja, said it decided to give government a 14-day ultimatum to address all the issues.
It added that at the end of the period, labour would proceed on the strike.
The new minimum wage was contained in a supplementary bill passed by the National Assembly and signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The communique, which was signed by President and General Secretary of the NLC, Mr. Abdulwahed Omar and Mr. John Odah respectively, noted that the body’s NEC was surprised at government’s alleged connivance with the private sector to scuttle the payment of the minimum wage to workers.
According to the NLC, sister trade unions are being reached to support the new offensive.
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