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THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday hinted at plans to work with media stakeholders to negotiate a uniform salary template for practicing journalists in the country.
He noted with dismay that journalists fight for others, while nobody fights them, stressing that the issue of insurance should be taken seriously because of the risk involved in the profession. "We fight for others and not for ourselves. There are media houses that have not paid salaries for almost one year. I think we should all meet and talk to ourselves.
Ajaero who described NUJ as his union lamented that journalists are in a peculiar situation when it comes to the issue of welfare because no one negotiates for them.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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