Below you will find example sentences with "labour congress". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Labour Congress in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: congress
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 23
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.6 words

Words in this phrase

labour congress

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • labour can mean: An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. Frequent word
  • congress can mean: A formal gathering or assembly of persons; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

the nigeria labour congress nlc 2× centres nigeria labour congress nlc and 1× of nigeria labour congress said organized 1× the canadian labour congress and this 1× the international labour congress ilc in 1× the nigeria labour congress 1999 2007 1× the nigeria labour congress and the 1× the nigeria labour congress nlc and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the nigeria labour 2× apart from being 1× aremu who is 1× but oshiomhole a 1× it violently opposed 1× labour threw the 1×

Common sentence endings:

labour congress nlc 2× committee in lagos 1× friday in lokoja 1× in the country 1× is not sustainable 1× its workers nationwide 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

nigeria 16× nlc 13× trade 9× union 9× tuc 7× president 6× unions 4× government 4× national 4× nigerian 4× united 3× ulc 3×

Related phrases

congress apc labour party labour leader union congress congress leader labour government congress nlc congress tuc labour mps congress president

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around congress:

union congress 20× congress nlc 15× congress tuc 14× congress president 12× congress committee 11×

Just before it in the phrase index:

laboratory tests labor unions labor statistics labor shortage labor relations labor party

Just after it in the phrase index:

labour councillor labour government labour leader labour mps labour party labour shadow

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

labour party labour leader labour government labour mps labour shadow labour councillor

Same ending:

union congress democratic congress progressive congress

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "labour congress" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as the nigeria labour congress nlc, centres nigeria labour congress nlc and, nigeria, nlc and trade stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with congress apc, labour party, labour leader, union congress, congress nlc and congress tuc, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with labour congress

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

But Oshiomhole, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (1999 – 2007), argued that Labour’s priorities were misplaced. (19 words)

The labour made this declaration at the 107th session of the International Labour Congress (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland, Vanguard reports. (20 words)

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress represent labour movements for industries from aviation workers and nurses to teachers and bankers. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

The Unifor leadership has been at the front line of promoting disunity in the labour movement, with raiding and splitting from the Canadian Labour Congress, and this has just brought more weakness and attacks down on their heads. (38 words)

It violently opposed the United Labour Congress of Nigeria (ULC) from making its presentations on the floor of the National Assembly as part of the public hearing to make our Labour laws more compliant with international standards. (37 words)

Share this on WhatsAppThe Kogi State Council of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday picketed the Lokoja office of telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria over alleged anti labour policies and unfair treatment of its workers nationwide. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

The three labour unions – Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress of Nigeria ( TUC) and the United Labour Congress ( ULC) – confirmed this after a meeting of their joint central working committee in Lagos.

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress represent labour movements for industries from aviation workers and nurses to teachers and bankers.

The committee chaired by the State Head of Service, Dr Innocent Eteng, also have representatives of the various labour unions, including Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

The labour unions comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have blasted the Federal Government for proposing N48,000 as the new national minimum wage, describing the offer as ridiculous.

The two labour centres – Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) – announced a suspension of the strike for a week after the President intervened.

Organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended Monday’s nationwide strike following agreements reached with the federal government.

Labour threw the challenge in a statement by the state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Onuh Edoka, and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Ranti Ojo, on Friday in Lokoja.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC, and the Joint Negotiating Council, JNC, handed down the warning at a press conference held at the Labour House, Ilorin, the state capital.

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This was contained in a statement on Sunday by President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, and that of the United Labour Congress (ULC).

But Oshiomhole, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (1999 – 2007), argued that Labour’s priorities were misplaced.

The political party, Labour Party (LP), has been at loggerheads with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) as the president of NLC laid claims to being the owner of the political party.

He, however, called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), other labour unions and prominent Civil Society Organisations to speak up against what he described called looting of public treasury in the country.

It violently opposed the United Labour Congress of Nigeria (ULC) from making its presentations on the floor of the National Assembly as part of the public hearing to make our Labour laws more compliant with international standards.

The labour delegation, led by Deputy President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Amaechi Asugwuni, said negotiation was still ongoing, adding that adjournment became necessary to address some grey areas.

Aremu who is also a National Executive member (NEC) of Nigeria Labour Congress, said organized labour derive no pleasure in celebrating allege failure of the President, governors, legislators or even local government chairmen.

Share this on WhatsAppThe Kogi State Council of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday picketed the Lokoja office of telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria over alleged anti labour policies and unfair treatment of its workers nationwide.

The labour made this declaration at the 107th session of the International Labour Congress (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland, Vanguard reports.

The Unifor leadership has been at the front line of promoting disunity in the labour movement, with raiding and splitting from the Canadian Labour Congress, and this has just brought more weakness and attacks down on their heads.

According to him, the level of demands the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC are hanging on the Federal government is not sustainable.

Apart from being a former state governor, is also a one-time national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress () and erstwhile president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

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