IANA Blog- May 2022
Happy May, For those that don’t know, May 1st was International Labor Day aka International Workers Day, which is the celebration of laborers and the working class. One of my friends, who is an organizer in Berkeley, invited me to this special May 1st gathering, showing a movie from the 1980s, Matewan , which focused on uniting labor workers (Black, White, Italian) in America, and always talked about how labor unions are important. Being that it’s a national holiday, it’s celebrated around the world and it is especially celebrated in Africa. It’s definitely celebrated in Nigeria. Every May 1st, Nigerians gather while the President of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) addresses workers. Since May 1st was International Labor Day, I thought we could talk about the current situation of the labor unions/workers of Nigeria. The Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) is an umbrella organization for labor/trade unions in Nigeria. The NLC was founded in December of 1978, as a merger of four different org...