The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the weekend said its proposed three-day warning strike with the Radio, Television and Theatre Arts Workers Union will begin today.
The National Secretary of the NUJ, Shuaibu Leman, said in a statement at the weekend in Abuja that, barring any last minute agreement or change, the strike would go on.Mr. Leman explained that the strike was to place on the front burner, the demand for a new salary structure for media workers in the Federal Government-owned media."The strike is meant to bring into front burner, the enhanced and new salary structure for media workers that is stalled somewhere with the Federal Government.
"During the strike action, members should stay at home and not lurk around the premises of their offices,'' he said. In another statement signed by Seye Adekeye, the NUJ's Assistant National Secretary, the union decried the huge disparity in the salaries of workers in government-owned media and its other parastatal agencies.
"For instance, while a level 04 staff of NTA receives N12,011.91 monthly, his counterpart in the Federal Inland Revenue Service is receiving N99,408.50k,'' it noted.
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