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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has berated those violating international labour standards in different countries and workplaces.
The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this while making a presentation at the ongoing 110th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILO) on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland.
This year’s conference had: “Social Justice, decent work” as its theme.
Wabba was reacting to the report of the Director-General of International Labour Organisation(ILO), Mr Guy Ryder.
In his words, “we are appalled and opposed to the growing resistance against trade unionism through obstructions of freedom of association, freedom to organise, freedom to collectively bargain.
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“The right to strike and the irresponsible violation of collective bargaining agreements especially by multinational companies is appalling.’’
He noted that globally, workers are concerned about the rise of fascism, ultra-nationalism, unilateralism, irresponsible capitalism, and despotism.
He added that this had threatened not only the fabrics of harmonious industrial relations but also the foundations of global peace and our collective survival.
Wabba further noted that the aggression by Russia against Ukraine had turned about seven million Ukrainians into refugees, and maimed and killed thousands more.
According to him, we should be worried that the war in Ukraine almost brought the world to the doorsteps of a nuclear winter.
