[wysija_form id=”1″]March 10, 2015 – Workers in Ebonyi State have embarked on indefinite strike to press home their demand for implementation of 2011 minimum wage approved by the Federal Government and payment of their September salaries withheld by the state Governor, Mr. Martin Elechi
Chairman of Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) in the state, Mr. Ikechukwu Nwafor, said the union had earlier on December 23, 2014 given the state government 21-day ultimatum after which it embarked on 3-day warning strike on January 21, 2015.
“Following Ebonyi State Government’s unwillingness to meet with the demands of the organized labour with respect to implementation of the submitted report of the committee that revisited the table of the Ebonyi state Civil/Public Salary Structure and September 2011 withheld salaries, the organized labour in Ebonyi State hereby declares an indefinite strike effective from Tuesday, March 10, 2015.”
“Accordingly, all civil/public service workers in Ebonyi State employment, local government employees and teachers are directed to proceed on an indefinite strike until government meets up with our demands”, he said.
He stated that the strike is ‘irrevocable and irreversible’ unless their demands are met by government.
