The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the November 11 Imo governorship election, Senator Athan Achonu, has described last week’s attack on the national president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, by people suspected to be Imo state government thugs and security operatives as totally unacceptable and very condemnable.
He recalled that the labour leader was in the state to lead a peaceful protest over unpaid wages due to Imo workers when he was brutalised in the most inhuman form, beaten to stupor and allegedly abducted by security personnel.
“It is unimaginable that the leader of the Nigerian workers could be so treated.”
Achonu noted that globally, the labour movement had been in solidarity with workers whose many contributions to society “are often undermined by governments who refuse to fulfil their obligations” adding that ” pdecent work is not just about right to gainful employment but also about right to earn decent wages, freedom of choice and equal opportunities.”
