The Harmattan School is part of the NLC National Schools where it trains and empowers members of its affiliated unions through skills development.
“The removal of subsidies on petroleum products has further worsened the challenges faced by working people.
“We must reckon that a well-motivated and well-remunerated workforce has a positive impact on productivity and national development.
“They are also to return the so-called ‘ghost workers’ to their jobs, pay all outstanding salaries and pensions and call back all victimised workers to their jobs,”he said.
She said that these changes were affecting workers and trade unions, thereby posing new challenges and opportunities for collective action and advocacy.
“It is also a key governance instrument in managing and responding to transformations in the world of work.
“In this regard, the exigency of the theme of the 19th Harmattan School becomes even more pertinent, especially in elaborating the role trade unions play in policy engagement.