LEADERS of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and their Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, will tomorrow meet to fix a date for the commencement of a general strike, mass protest and rally to force government to rescind the subsidy removal that has skyrocketed the pump price of petrol to N150 per litre.
This came as oil workers rejected the total removal of subsidy on petrol and vowed to join forces with other unions and the two central labour organisations to fight the policy, describing government action as the height of insensitivity and wickedness, especially when the minimum requirements for subsidy removal had not been met.
Similarly, bankers yesterday warned that the new policy would, among other economic implications, discourage saving and mass withdrawal of deposits to finance additional cost of social services and other needs.
Vanguard gathered that leaders of NLC and TUC are meeting in Labour House, Abuja to fix a date and methods for the general strike, mass actions and streets protest.
It was further gathered that the last National Executive Council, NEC, of NLC directed affiliate unions and state councils to put members on stand-by for any eventuality.
Vanguard