This is contained in a 10-point communiqué signed by Ajaero at the end of his National Executive Council meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers.
According to the communique, it is unacceptable that after the timely intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari, the workers' have not received their salaries in full.
The communiqué said that some of the states still owed many months of salary arrears and that it was regrettable that many states could not pay salaries in the first instance.
"We have resolved that if non-payment of salaries and benefits continue till August, we will mobilise private sector unions for solidarity strike in affected states until arrears are paid,'' the communiqué said .
It further said that the congress would not accept the issue of economic crisis to justify why some governors and agencies deny workers their rights and privileges.
The communiqué also advised government at all levels to start negotiation of a new minimum wage as the five-year tenure of the national minimum wage has ended.
The communiqué said that the council mandated the Congress to send the proposal of N90,000 for negotiation to the Federal Government and Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association.
"This proposal is based on the unstable micro economic environment, Naira devaluation and the high rate of inflation," the communiqué said.
It said that the congress would resist every attempt to subject workers to more impoverished state. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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I cant understand what Abia State governor is doing about paying arrears to Local Govt workers. He said he wants to verify the staff before paying them when his predecessor had already done that and subjected the Local govt staff to serious hardship in the process. Why talking about verification first and not to pay them what they had worked for before he came in? He had started like T.A Orji. The truth is that there are no changes in Abia State because those bad people like Emma Nwabuko are still there.
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