Confusion as FCT labour unions split over strike, TUC pulls out

The organised labour movement in the Federal Capital Territory has been thrown into sharp division as unions expressed divergent views  over the indefinite strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, FCT Council.
The NLC had on Wednesday directed workers in the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, including those in the private sector, to begin an indefinite strike on Wednesday.
The strike was over unresolved disputes between the FCTA and the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT.
However, while the Trade Union Congress, TUC, had instructed its members to ignore the strike and report for work, the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, threw its full weight...