THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) may commence a strike nationwide to protest the current increase in the prices of petroleum products with effect from Wednesday, September 7, authoritative sources at the meeting confirmed to Vanguard last night.

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) also condemned the new prices, saying a situation whereby government refused to take the plight of the people into consideration showed that it had failed
With the strike, Labour is bound to put to test, President Olusegun Obasanjo's Trade Union Amendment Act which makes it illegal for organised labour to embark on strike on issues not related to the condition of service for workers. It also forbids labour from working with the civil society and it stipulates jail terms for violators. The NLC leadership had described the law as a " law passed in vain."

PLS GUYS I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT ALL THESE................IS THE STRIKE ACTION GOING TO HELP?IS THE NLC STILL IN THE POSITION TO HOLD A STRIKE AFTER THE SUPPOSED "TRADE UNION ACT" BY THE "DICTATOR"?