NLC and TUC Call Off Nationwide Strike; Workers to Return to Work

On Wednesday night, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) jointly decided to suspend the ongoing nationwide industrial action. This decision came after a meeting that commenced a few minutes past 7 p.m. and lasted about an hour, with the intervention of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu.ALSO READ: Interesting storiesReports from Punch indicate that the meeting involved a thorough review by various affiliates and state chapters of the outcomes of discussions held between labor leaders and Ribadu. Subsequently, the decision was reached to halt the nationwide strike, which had been initiated in response to the recent assault on the President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, in Imo State. LEARN MORE… Read the full article

WILEY that reports millions dollars of profit (linked to quarterly report) and charges high fees to academics, universities, regular people to read their journals, while paying editors nothing? (according to the vid) had their editors strike then resign because of unhealthy practices towards editors and academia

Links from the video desc I haven't gotten to reading yet, the first 2 aren't hashtags, they're articles just named like that.

#ChiefEditor #Resign @jbiogeography (June 21, 2023)

#AssociateEditors #WorkStoppage @jbiogeography (June 29, 2023)

Journal editors resign, strike in dispute with Wiley over ‘business model that maximises profit’ (July 20, 2023)

An editor resigned in protest. Now, Wiley is firing him four months earlier than he planned to leave. (August 1, 2023)

A news article about the strike that turned into a mass resignation (August 10, 2023)

Former editor in chief Mike Dawson announced his resignation in June, and 64 of his associate editors have been refusing to handle new manuscripts since then, a move that is part of an increasing trend of journal editorial boards deciding to take action en masse (I linked to non paywalled article unlike the news article above, btu idk if it'll work for everyone. June 8, 2023).

Truth, kiddo! 🙌🏻 Today, I got to introduce some of my favorite people to a different side of politics! 💛💙 I loved watching Nick interact with the teachers around us and get exited during the chants. It was so cool to teach him about Mother Jones and the Labor Movement while watching him take part in WV history. #55strong #55united #wv #fixpeia #jimjustice #wvteachers #westvirginia #mountainstrong #protest #motherjones #labormovement #unions #politics #protestsigns #democracy #wvsenate #bullshit #quotes #wecallbs #students #teachers #workstoppage #strike #teacherstrike #teachersofinstagram #studentsofinstagram (at Charleston Capitol Building)

Posted @withrepost • @laresistencianw ‪BREAKING! All kitchen activity is at a stand still at #NWDC, lunch hasn’t been served. Kitchen activity has been halted #workstoppage started last Friday #hungerstrike continues. ‬ https://www.instagram.com/p/B35UDSMjitaO8xqwwTLsnMnebTlfIQ76BEJVxo0/?igshid=wkbnmywlf3fa

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nba and mlb: *strike in support of BLM* 

nhl: *that standing in solidarity bs during the anthem that got praised on twitter by a t*umplet*

Join Sports beat host John Spoulos as we continue our discussion on the upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement renewal and it's posibilities which could result in a MLB workstoppage. Only on Sports beat Radio, your innovative, educational sports radio as part of Mountain Meadow Produxtions.

With consensus wrt striking, presumably each city could org together in itself to make sure striking is humane; a volunteer service network occupying their workplaces would help with medical service continuity, and then its just about foodbanking, basically; supporting the supports and staying alive through detente. And, its about how fash the opposition to workstoppage is & how numerous & well stockpiled--the government will keep paying the cops, trade partners will still send goods to ports even when theyre staffed entitely by state mercenaries.

I think its very true that people with strike experience need to have their input granted particular attention wrt the expectations and prepartions useful wrt a 'strike'. However, in terms of the 'general' part, id say look to moments that are recent and nearby culturally if you want a model for how participation uptake has been achieved and might best be repeated. That Vancouver hockey riot did well; everyone wanted in on the fun. Area51 raid had great buzz, nice turnout. Why does there need to be some oldhead "step one, polish the proletariat megaphone, step two court the unions in order of ...uh, union ego size? I dont know. Step 3 keep courting unions" schematic for it, since its ALREADY IN MOTION. Like maybe the unions could be told now, if they havent noticed, and maybe they can pull out their own playbooks for striking, and thats their square on the quilt of the big t.i. strike. Or maybe all the orgs that havent brought rev yet, are just vultures in lefty clothes, and thats why they shoot down talk about general strikes with condescension and derision for "the young." Im 34. I keep watching the people who "know how to do it" NOT DO IT.

This is the god damn moment, people, the prison warden is replacing the chainlink with concrete and there's a disruption of security continuity.

Wrt playbooks, and fun; since we cant get into the streets, the fun is in not having to go to work so long as no one else is aside from the mercenary bootlicks we outnumber, who can never process us all into their custody to make us go back to being extorted by them, if we freeze them out war of attrition style--and lbr theres a lower maximum number of people willing to flood public spaces in an every demographic coalition hong kong demonstrator style

We should probably stop thinking in terms of demands. We're not asking open ears, here; "meeting demands" means caving to the necessity of lying to the population for a while before rollbacks take place as usual. Instead of demanding, we should just be doing. Forming a new society from right where we stand within the structure of the current one, as the old power holders rush to do the upgrades and stopgap repairs needed to hold power that much longer. (Theyre well-placed drug addicted thieves and gamblers* who would gladly bet the planet on one fix.)

*many fine folks who dont control anyone but themselves and the moods of a few people with fenceable goods, are also drug addicted thieves and gamblers. These folks are not, as just noted, "well-placed", which is to say, at an advantage over lower tiers of the social hierarchy or class system.

Whether or not the emperor has no clothes, the crown of rulership is just a tasteless hat sitting on one head. Its the obedience of his men at arms, when confronted with that symbolic hat, that truly clothes him.

Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Stadium 44 Percent Done, Projects To April 11, 2021 Opening Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Stadium 44 Percent Done, Projects To April 11, 2021 Opening Earlier today, the Las Vegas Review-Journal issued one of its Oakland Raiders' Las Vegas Stadium puff-pieces that includes a number they always fail to crunch. In this case, the number was "44", as in "44 percent", or the news that Las Vegas Stadium was 44 percent finished. Well, that begs the question, doesn't it? You know. The question of when, what date, will Las Vegas Stadium be finished? That one. So, this vlogger used a little simple math to figure that out. First, we start with determining how many days of a total number of days that comes to 100 percent, does 44 percent account for? Second, we get the day of the groundbreaking: November 13th, 2017, as our first day. Third, we get the current day, which is May 15th, 2019. Fourth, we get the total number of days between November 13th, 2017 and May 15th, 2019, which is 548 days. Fifth, we take 548 days, and divide that by 44 percent, which gets us 1,245 days. Sixth, we take 1,245, and project that forward from November 13th, 2017 - a number of online tools can do that for us, so we get April 11, 2021. So, there's the projected date of the completely finished stadium: April 11, 2021. That is vastly different from the current official opening date of sometime in August of 2020, and it's far back from what the Mortenson schedule currently points to as of March 21st, 2020: mid-September 2020. It's a number that may alarm some, but that's what the projection math points to. What can change this? Well, on Twitter Rick Velotta explained that he expected the work pace to speed up because once the roof was finished, there would be more workers inside on the stadium project. But that's the problem: Las Vegas has experienced so many rain days this year, more than in any year in its history, that one would be forgiven if construction timelines were thrown off, a lot. But, for some reason, there's this continued effort to make it look like Las Vegas Stadium is going to open in time for the 2020 NFL Season, when signs point to that not happening with each passing month. Each time that happens, there's a work-stoppage and the effort to install the roof trusses (there's 52 of them) is halted. The Las Vegas Sun says there's going to be more rain Thursday evening, and that's tomorrow. This does appear to be Las Vegas' new normal - there's no indication this wild rainy year will stop. And with that, comes a Las Vegas Stadium workstoppage - one that was not planned. Stay tuned. by Zennie62 Oakland News Now Today Commentary Vlog

Bank and Medical Staff Unions, Along with Other Entities, Adhere to Nationwide Labour Strike Directive

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announced a nationwide strike, which has already started. Various affiliate unions are taking part in the industrial action. The NLC shared circulars on Facebook, demonstrating the unions' adherence to the strike directive issued a week ago.Affiliate unions joining the strike include the National Union of Banks, Insurance, and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE), the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP), the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), the National Union of Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Employees, the Maritime Workers' Union of Nigeria (MWUN), the National Union of Electricity Employees, and the Nigeria Union of Railway Workers.ALSO READ: Interesting storiesSome people believe that the strike is a response to the alleged attempt to thwart Governor Hope Uzodimma's reelection bid in the most recent governorship election.Despite a restraining order from the National Industrial Court (NIC) due to a standoff with the Imo State Government, the unions, in defiance of the court order, instructed workers nationwide to withdraw their services starting at midnight. LEARN MORE… Read the full article

Welllllll damn. Puppet saw is out of commission. Looks like a resistor went kaput. #brokendown #busted #outofcommission #brokentool #workstoppage #shit http://ift.tt/2yHIMgs

I think she’d be proud. 💙💛 #motherjones #protest #thisiswhywemarch #imarchbecause #politics #activism #democracy #america #isamericagreatyet #march #teacher #55strong #55united #teachers #peia #fixpeia #healthcare #healthinsurance #poverty #kidstagram #studentprotest #thisiswhywecanthavenicethings #wv #wvstrong #mountaineers #laborunion #union #labor #labormovement #progress #westvirginia #crw #charleston #teacherstrike #workstoppage #jimjustice #boybye

Guess it’s time to use your collective teacher voice, again, Mountain Mama! 🍎♥️ #55strong #55united #wv #jimjustice #wvteachers #mountainmama #mountaineers #westvirginia #mountainstrong #protest #motherjones #sb451 #labormovement #unions #education #wvaclu #aclu #humanrights #academicneglect #politics #democracy #wvsenate #bullshit #quotes #students #teachers #workstoppage #strike #teacherstrike #teachersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BuCxIxPF0C7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19qztfn3vs41p

A little less than a year ago, I was at the WV State Capital with some of my favorite people to help support to teachers as they fought for adequate health insurance for ALL state employees and a small raise for themselves. Now, the teachers are having to fight AGAINST the raise they won because of the deleterious strings attached to it. WV politics has always been some of my most corrupt in the nation, but this is especially dirty. 🗣🍎♥️ Get your signs ready, @rachmo18! (After Nick feels better.) #55strong #55united #wv #jimjustice #wvteachers #mountainmama #teachervoice #mountaineers #westvirginia #mountainstrong #protest #motherjones #sb451 #protestsigns #labormovement #unions #education #wvaclu #aclu #humanrights #academicneglect #politics #democracy #wvsenate #bullshit #quotes #students #teachers #workstoppage #strike #teacherstrike https://www.instagram.com/p/BuEUfB_Hm4c/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vzwb2sy70k3f

’d like to think she’d be proud. Although this fight started because of the teachers’ bravery, they are far from being alone in it. ❤️🍎🙌🏻 I #55strong #55united #wv #fixpeia #jimjustice #wvteachers #westvirginia #mountainstrong #protest #motherjones #labormovement #unions #politics #protestsigns #democracy #wvstrong #wvsenate #wvhouse #bullshit #quotes #wecallbs #students #teachers #sign #politicalrally #workstoppage #strike #teacherstrike #teachersofinstagram #unitedwestand #schoolschoolsout #wvpolitics #photography #shitshow#studentsofinstagram #fightingfoxphotography #fightingfox #wvcapitol #activism #familyaffair #spotted #inthistogether #candid (at West Virginia State Capitol)