The Federal Government of Nigeria in 2005 amended some sections of the Trade Union Act referred to as “The Principal Act” 1996 to form the new Trade Union (Amendment) Act 2005. The main objective of the new Act was the entrenchment of democracy in Nigeria public service by giving workers the freedom to choose which union to belong and opportunity to form more central union organizations, thereby encouraging industrial democracy. It is on this note that this study examined the political underlying motive in enacting the new Act in relation to industrial democracy in Nigeria Public Service, the weaknesses and strength of the Act were examined. The study relied on the secondary method of data collection. The study concluded that the enactment of the Trade Union (Amendment) Act 2005 was politically motivated to give the government the much-needed space to implement certain policies and decisions that are comfortable for the government. The study then recommended that the governmentshoul.
See Full PDF See Full PDFTrade unionism has been described as the mechanism championing the affairs or interests of the working class against any form of internal or external exploitation. It is a movement that seeks for the improvement of the terms and conditions of their members through the process of collective bargaining. It is seen as a movement geared towards improving the economic, political, social welfare, psychological benefit and opportunity to participate in managerial functions in the organization. Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) represents the activities of the trade union in Nigeria. It played the significant role of pursuing the goals of workers in organization as well as pursuing the national democratic goals. This study examined the activities of the Trade union with a specific focus on the Nigeria Labour Congress. The study was anchored on pluralist perspective and both quantitative and qualitative techniques were employed to conduct the study. The study found that Nigeria Labour Congress played significant roles in promoting the welfare of workers. It found that Nigeria Labour Congress contribute to some extent to the sustenance of national democracy.
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Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
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This research studied the emergence of trade union in Nigeria and its growth so far.The frequency of strike action by trade unions in the public service in Nigeria has no doubt become a very big source of concern. This study found that while this problem is partly attributed to the character of successive Nigerian Governments that do not take workers seriously until they embark on industrial action; it is also noteworthy to realize that the problem is partly because of the large number of trade unions in the public sector. There is also some level of rivalry between trade unions especially those operating within the same industry or sector. This situation provides a fertile ground for inter-union crises
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The problem which this study set-out to examine is whether the making, implementation and interpretation of the policy which gives workers the freedom of association as trade unions to engage in the practice of trade unionism in Nigeria caused or did not cause inter trade union conflicts at the national and State levels; and how did the policy cause this conflict This study found that there are two major causes of inter trade union conflicts both at National and State levels that is Psychological and Manifest causes..The Psychological are the general theories of conflict and the Manifest is the real world issues at stake in the dispute. The Manifest is indicated at the National level by way of discrimination on some category of workers regarded as senior staff who as from 1978 to 2004 were not permitted to have their recognised federation of Trade unions at par with Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yet it was also illegal for senior staff unions to affiliate with NLC. Another dimension of the conflict was that there were also policy reforms during the military era of the 1990s without consultation with senior staff unions. This was followed with intense propaganda by NLC affiliates that senior staff associations are not trade unions which made some eligible workers not to join senior staff associations at the State level.
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Since the political amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914, labour unions have played increasingly powerful role in the formulation, shaping and implementation of public programmes. Trade union movements though primarily worker-centric have assumed a centre stage at fine-tuning the major policies of the government to the benefit of the poor masses. This they have been doing through the instrumentalities of industrial relations like peaceful demonstrations and strike actions. The Imodu led general strike of 1945, Kokori led NUPENG anti-June 12 election annulment strike of 1994, incessant ASUU strikes in Nigeria, Omar and Esele led anti-fuel subsidy removal general strike of 2012 are examples of protests against government policies by labour union movements in Nigeria. Following the history of labour crises and agitations in Nigeria, it is imperative to draw the attention of labour unions to the need to make efforts in curbing the persistent poverty of public service delivery which has culminated into the failure of various administrations in Nigeria. Labour unions have been doing their best which is not enough. This paper therefore utilizes secondary data to discuss factors that have hindered the involvement of labour unions in the transformation of the Nigerian public administrative system. It also examines the decadence that engulfs the civil service and why its reform has proved very difficult. The paper recommended among others that trade unions in Nigeria cannot perform this herculean task unless it transforms itself, making discipline as a watchword and design Nigerian peculiar theories to reform.
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