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Nigerian Unions Strike on Wage Demand

   VOA News 10 November 2010

   Trade  unions  in  Nigeria  have  begun a planned three-day nationwide
   strike over a salary dispute with the government.
   The  two  unions want the government to raise the monthly minimum wage
   to $120, a significant increase over the current $50 minimum salary.
   Witnesses  say  many state and government workers in Nigeria's largest
   city, Lagos, and Abuja, the capital, are not on the job.
   The  Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress decided to go
   ahead  with  the  strike  despite  an emergency meeting with President
   Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday evening.
   But  the  union  leaders plan to meet later Wednesday to discuss their
   next course of action.  Â
   The  two  labor  federations  represent  workers  in  most  sectors of
   Nigeria's economy.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

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