The struggle for a minimum wage in Nigeria
Protracted negotiations about a minimum wage for workers in Nigeria put the country's unions where they belong: in front of the struggle for poor people.
Articles by
Camilla Houeland
Camilla Houeland, a postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo. She researches oil workers, trade unions and the politics of oil in Nigeria and Norway.
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