Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday said it is ready for dialogue and social bargaining for the benefit of disengaged workers in Kaduna State.
The state chairman of NLC, Ayuba Magaji, said this as the warning strike action by workers entered the second day.
Labour had embarked on the strike due to the sack of 4,000 workers by the government.
Banks, fuel stations, hospitals among others remained under lock and key.
“We are not in a military regime; it is not an issue of stubbornness, we will protect the rights of workers to the letter,” Magaji said.
“Kaduna state government is playing tough on our actions, we have had military governments who are tough by nature but we sat down and dialogued with them and reached a logical conclusion,” he said.
“We are equally taking our responsibilities as workers’ representatives and bringing openly, the grievances of our workers.
“It is a very simple issue, let the Kaduna State government reinstate the disengaged workers and they should not sack the 11,000 they are planning to and we will call off our action.
“The state government don’t need toughness to discuss this; this is a democratic regime, even in military regimes, labour unions strive. We will continue with our struggle.”