United Labour Congress (2016)

The United Labour Congress (ULC) was a national trade union federation bringing together unions in Nigeria.

The federation was founded on 18 December 2016, by about 25 unions which had formerly been affiliated to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). They argued that the leaders of the NLC had become detached from the concerns of their members and, in some cases, were using anti-democratic measures to remain in position. The NLC adopted a conciliatory approach, stating that it would still offer protection to the unions which had formed the ULC.[1] In July 2020, the ULC rejoined the NLC. ULC president Joe Ajaero became vice-president of the NLC.[2]

Affiliates

The federation's affiliates included:[1]

UnionAbbreviation
Academic Staff Union of Research InstitutionsASURI
Association of Nigeria Aviation ProfessionalsANAP
Chemical and Non-Metallic Products Senior Staff Association of NigeriaCANMPSSAN
Fitters Senior Staff Association of NigeriaFISSAN
Iron and Steel Senior Staff Association of NigeriaISSSAN
Metal Products Senior Staff Association of NigeriaMEPROSSAN
National Association of Aircraft Pilots and EngineersNAAPE
National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions EmployeesNUBIFIE
National Union of Electricity EmployeesNUEE
Nigeria Union of Mine WorkersNUMW
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas WorkersNUPENG
Nigeria Union of RailwaymenNUR
National Union of Shop and Distributive EmployeesNUSDE
Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff AssociationPRESESSA
Steel and Engineering Workers' Union of NigeriaSEWUN

References

  1. Ahiuma-Young, Victor (21 December 2016). "Emergence of United Labour Congress causes ripples". Vanguard. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. Adedigba, Azeezat (16 July 2020). "NLC, ULC resolve rift, merge". Premium Times. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.