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Nigeria : New Minimum Wage : Labour Must Sustain Mass Actions to Win the Demand

Peluola Adewale — 2018-11-14T04:41:00Z

On Tuesday October 30, organized Labour held a nationwide protest to mobilise public support for its demand on a new minimum wage and the resumption on November 6 of the general strike. While the Labour leaders could have done better in term of the turnout of workers, this protest largely achieved its objective. From the reports, members of the public expressed support for the struggle.
We of the DSM and SPN have consistently argued that part of the measures to win the minimum wage (…)

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Nigeria : WIDESPREAD DISAPOINTMENT AND ANGER AS LABOUR SUSPENDS STRIKE

Peluola Adewale — 2012-01-23T10:56:00Z

Struggle forces Jonathan back a bit, but could have won far more with a more resolute leadership
We Condemn Repression by Police and Army !
Monday, January 16, saw the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress call off the general strike which had paralyzed activities in Nigeria for one week. The whole country had come to a halt in anger at the surprise New Year Day's fuel price hike, the government was completely isolated during the strike's duration. If Labour had offered a (…)

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Nigeria : 2011 BUDGET : CONSOLIDATION OF NEO-LIBERAL CAPITALIST ATTACKS ON THE ORDINARY PEOPLE

Peluola Adewale — 2011-03-04T03:49:00Z

For the poor and working people there is nothing cheerful in the proposed 2011 budget presented by President Goodluck Jonathan on December 15, 2010. Just like the previous ones it is meant to continue a regime of capitalist neo-liberal attacks and legalise the looting of public resources by elements in government and their fronts called private sector. The president speech on the budget which is tagged "budget of fiscal consolidation, inclusive economic growth and employment generation" was (…)

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Nigeria : Don't Hand Over Labour Party to Moneybags

Peluola Adewale — 2010-08-18T06:01:00Z

On the surface the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Labour Party held on May 5, 2010 in Akure Ondo raises hope of the resolve of the party leadership to reposition it as a working peoples' party. The party is aptly described in the NEC communiqué as "the vanguard of all working and labouring people of Nigeria" and therefore "must play that role effectively by winning power for the people in the forth-coming elections". The media news reports were awash with radical speeches (…)

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Nigeria : attacks on Socialist students in OAU

Peluola Adewale — 2010-08-01T14:19:00Z

Latest on attacks on Socialist students in OAU :
By Peluola Adewale, DSM Lagos
The attack on the DSM and other comrades by the management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has continued unabated. It has now assumed a perfect blend of barbarism and ridiculousness. In a newspaper report during the week, an official of the Union revealed that the aim of the attacks is to rid the campus of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and all other ideological groups. More (…)

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