The Nigeria Labour Congress has moved to correct a widespread assumption about its recent talks with the Federal Government. According to the union, the Trade Union Congress was not part of its October 22 meeting with government officials over workers' demands. The session, the NLC stresses, was conducted on its own behalf alone. The clarification is notable because the TUC and the NLC are Nigeria's two main labour centres and are often assumed to act together on national questions. Demands on pay and conditions are typically presented by the two bodies as a common front, so a meeting involving only one draws notice. By stating that the TUC took no part, the NLC wants to prevent confusion over the status of whatever was agreed. Anyone weighing the outcome of the October 22 talks will therefore need to treat the NLC's position as distinct from anything the TUC may pursue separately.