Half a decade after the crisis and disunity that hit the Nigeria labour movement, peace yesterday returned to the movement as leaders and affiliates of United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, rejoined the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, ending the rift that had weakened organized labour’s capacity to mobilise for mass actions against perceived anti-labour and anti-people policies of government.
This came as the President of ULC, Joe Ajaero was announced as a Deputy President of NLC, while some members of the group were also fused into the leadership structure of NLC.
The unity was achieved by leaders of NLC and ULC during a reconciliation meeting at Labour House, Abuja, where they collapsed their structures into NLC.
President of ULC, Joe Ajaero said the reconciliation was a product of their collective decision noting that, “if we follow it emotionally, we won’t be back.”
He further said that events of the next few days would show that “we are back; we will confront those who want to confront us. We are sending signals to those state governments that owe workers salaries.”
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