The Labour Veterans and Trade Unionist’s Assembly has expressed its displeasure with the way the recent industrial action on the new minimum wage and increase in Electricity was conducted by the Nigerian Labour congress. 

The Veterans in a communique issued at the end of it’s meeting and assessment of the last exercise in Abuja, expressed reservations for the shutting down of the National grid, stopping citizens from going about their legitimate businesses, forceful eviction of law abiding citizens from their offices and employment of force and arm twisting tactics on people to abide by the strike. 

In the Communique signed by its Interim Chairman and Former National Vice President Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Isa Tijani, the Labour Veterans maintained that agitations for minimum 

wage is a legitimate right however, the means and method used in undertaking the strike was not only unfair but criminal and  against rectified ILO conventions.

It cautioned the Union leaders against using the congress as a Platform for Partisan Politics adding that, such actions are inimical to well know norms and practices of the labor movement and should be stopped forthwith.

The body enjoined the Nlc, Tuc and other labour unions to always put the interest of the generality of all Nigerians ahead of their respective interests.