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Trade Unionism And It’s Impact On Workers Welfare In Nigeria
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l. The tendency of
labour disputes to become destructive, and the state to deploy coercive
measures in it's control. Citing an ex ample with the Nigeria oil
industry which can be said to be acknowledged as the most strategic and
this is perhaps why it has experienced a lot of bitter industrial
disputes.
After the annulment of the June 12 1993 presidential
election by the military dictatorship, the unions in the oil industry
embarked upon one of the longest and most consequential strikes in the
nation's industrial history. The strike ended up with the arrest and
detention of the leaders of the two workers' unions in the industry
(National Union of Petroleum, Energy and Gas) NUPENG and (Petroleum,
Energy and Gas senior staff Association of Nigeria) PENGASS-'%,N as well
as the proscription of the unions, the branch unions continued to
embark on both official and wildcat strike action. The frequency and
success with which the strike actions were prosecuted have led to the
impression that the trade unions in the oil industry have become too
militant and powerful for management End employers in the industry and
the Nigerian government as a whole (Owarieta, 1997).
2. Inability
of the trade union leaders for a long time to conduct -Trade Union
matters with deserved maturity. Also, unions are increasingly being run
by full-time officials. These officials get paid more, than workers and
see the union as "just another job".
At times, some of these leaders
become conservative on some issues that need a deserved approach,
they'll rather spend their- time negotiating and sometimes they even
make undemocratic decisions. Some even oppose socialism. The NLC was
torn apart by leadership struggles, ideological differences and
ethno-regional conflict. It was affect in 1988 after disagreements over
election of its leadership resulting in the federal government's
appointing an administrator for several months.
3. The dominance
of the employers' lobby by multinationals to determine with the states'
support, the direction and size c;; pay, perquisites and employment
conditions.
4. The undue role of the various states as explained by the need to control labour for development efforts.
5.
The inconsistencies of the state as socio-economic policies are
jettisoned midstream and others are adopted in their places.
6. The difficulty of separating pure labour from political disturbances.
7.
The paternalistic value of the workers that put elaborate respect on
elders rather than on authorities and thus the reliance on informal
machinery like elders; religious ministers and state governs -s for
settling disputes.
These features are expected to continue because industrialization is yet to be carried to a satisfactory level.
8.
Some of the trade unions still continue their seeming misunderstanding
of their roles in the development process structure of ownership of
industry has not changed. The political system has not matured to the
extent that instability and thence inconsistencies of government
policies can be forestalled. The state has so much motivation to
continue it's intervention in the trade union system.
It would appear
therefore that the astrictive features that give the developed
capitalist their superiority of their system of the country . are strong
enough to persist into the immediate future.
9. Lack of
professional union officials who do not survey the real needs of the
union to decide what their priority should be. Some have limited
political vision on the role of trade unions in the society,
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study is motivated by the unseemly variety of problems faced by an average Nigerian worker and the fundamental question as the level and quality of Trade Union organization their defined ideologies and the motives of these unions towards their members are examined.The objective of this study is to seek ways to correct these varieties of problems and to ensure that Trade Union has enough impact positively on workers. Two research questions were raised for the study while two research hypothe ... Continue reading---
