The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) met on wednesday, 13th August 2025, to deliberate on urgent issues affecting Nigerian workers, the trade union movement, and the Nigerian people at large. The meeting considered the festering leadership crisis in the Edo (…)

The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) convened at this critical stage in our nation’s history, when the contradictions of Nigeria’s political economy have deepened the precarity of working people and further exposed the fragility of the social contract; at a (…)

Today, on the occasion of the International Day for Domestic Workers, the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) salutes the millions of women and men who care for our homes, children, the elderly, and lives. Their labour is (…)

On behalf of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org), which represents over 18 million workers on the continent, I extend our heartfelt congratulations on your election as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (…)

On November 29, 2024, a high-level delegation of trade union leaders, led by Comrade. Akhator Joel Odigie, General Secretary of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) and Comrade Rose Omamo, Board Member of the Central Organisation of Trade (…)

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) convened in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday, 8th November 2024, to address the urgent issues facing Nigerian workers and the Nigerian nation. Chaired by the President of the NLC and attended by NEC members from all (…)

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) warmly welcomes the recent decision by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lift, with immediate effect, a large part of the sanctions imposed on Burkina Faso, (…)

The African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) is pleased to announce the 14th edition of the New Year School (NYS), scheduled for March 19-22, 2024, in Lusaka, Zambia. Under the theme “Advancing Africa’s transformation agenda : Mobilizing for (…)

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa: https://www.ituc-africa.org/ ) commends the ILO for its ongoing efforts in monitoring and analysing trends in employment, social and economic conditions globally. We welcome the findings presented in (…)

In an all-inclusive session, the National Executive Council (NEC) deeply analyzed the prevailing national sentiment, taking into account the extensive hardships and deprivation afflicting our citizens across all states of the federation. The council scrutinized the federal government’s failure (…)

Dakar, Senegal – August 29, 2023 We, the representatives of trade unions from across Africa, have convened in Dakar, Senegal, for a landmark Continental Workshop on Sovereign Debt organised jointly by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), and (…)