By Joy Emmanuel
Yenagoa
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Bayelsa state have suspended the industrial action taken against the state government for its failure to pay workers’ salaries.
The decision to suspend the strike was reached after a meeting was held in Government House in Yenagoa between the Labour leaders and the state government on Monday, May 23, 2016.
Blueprint gathered that Labour had accepted the position of the state government to pay 50% of monthly salaries to workers effective from February 2016 and expects the government to effect full payment of workers’ salaries as soon as the allocation from the federal account accruing to the state improves.
Labour equally states clearly that the 50% of salaries payable to workers is not a downward review of workers’ salaries.
That is to say, that the outstanding 50% shall be paid as soon as the federal allocation to the state improves to complete the monthly salaries of workers.
Also, the workers, in line with the ongoing payment of January 2016 salaries, urged the government to facilitate the process of payment of salaries to the outstanding MDAs and parastatal and others without further delay.
