Organised labour will, today, begin a total shutdown of Imo State over alleged violent disruption of Workers’ Day celebration in Owerri by agents of the state government.
Labour, which said it strongly condemned the unprovoked assault on workers on their day of celebration, said the industrial action would be indefinite until the state government restores and guarantees protection of life and property of workers in the state.
In a statement signed by general secretaries of the NLC and TUC, Emmanuel Ugboaja and Nuhu Toro, respectively, the joint CWC, which stated that industrial peace was no longer guaranteed in the state, said it would hold Governor Hope Uzodinma responsible for any harm done to any worker in the state now or during the industrial action.
The congresses alleged that the state government has grossly violated the rules of engagement among the social partners in industrial relations in the country, by using thugs to violently disrupt this year’s May Day in the state.
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