The United Labour Congress (ULC) was a

national trade union federation A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such a ...

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History

The federation was established in 1962, when the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria merged with the Nigeria Trade Union Congress (NTUC). The federation decided not to align with any particular political party, but to affiliate to the

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. This led the NTUC to withdraw. The federation was led by president Alhaji Haroun Popoola Adebola and general secretary L. L. Borha. It led the formation of the Joint Action Committee, which campaigned for wage increases for labourers. The selection of delegates to the

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in 1962 proved a point of conflict, with N. Anunobi and his supporters splitting away to form the

Nigeria Workers' Council The Nigeria Workers' Council (NWC) was a national trade union federation in Nigeria. The federation was founded in 1962 as a split from the United Labour Congress (ULC), over a dispute about delegate selection for the International Labour Organiza ...

(NWC). In 1967, affiliated unions based in

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split to form the Biafran Trade Union Confederation. In 1978, the federation merged with the NTUC, the NWC and the Labour Unity Front, to form the

Nigeria Labour Congress The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is an umbrella organization for trade unions in Nigeria. History The Nigerian Labour Congress was founded in December 1978, as a merger of four different organisations: the Nigeria Trade Union Congress (NTUC) ...

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Leadership

Presidents

:1962: H. P. Adebola :1971: Yunusa Kaltungo

General Secretaries

:1962: L. L. Borha :1971: E. O. A. Odeyemi

References

Trade unions in Nigeria Trade unions established in 1962 Trade unions disestablished in 1978