Industrial action
2 Sep 2022
The private sector shrinks amid rising insecurity following the mass resignation of skilled workforce as Nigerian top list of study visas to UK, US. There is another category of people leaving the country through the education route, driven by lingering industrial action in Nigeria’s universities. The majority of these people head to the United Kingdom and Canada.
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The vote by Germany's pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit comes days after the carrier's ground staff went on strike, prompting over 1,000 flights to be canceled.
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Striking unions have threatened to shut down South Africa's entire aviation industry by extending industrial action beyond state-run South African Airways. CEO, Billion House Consultant discusses implication of the strike by the SAA.
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House Committee to meet minister of education over NASU industrial action.
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