ABSTRACT
This study looked into the impact of strike action in the achievement of trade unions aims in an organization in specific interest of Nigeria union of teachers (NUT) Enugu state.
In carrying this work, relevant research questions on hypothesis were given as reading assumption. Relevant literatures were reviewing with the aim of authenticating the issue under study. The researcher used descriptive design for the project layout on respondents of data collection (questionnaire). The data on the respondent’s responses analyzed using simple table and percentage, for the test of hypothesis, the statistically tools chi-square was used, one of the result of the finding showed that workers join the union for the purpose of promoting and defending their employment and ensuring job security. Based on this findings, certain recommendations were made which includes management should sit-up to settle disputes at the latent stage and that workers should be made to have sense of job security so as to enhance on organizational productivity.
INTRODUCTION
The early 70’s saw and witnesses the end of political crisis and at its time organized labour which was put into the coffin during the civil war was once released free its dilemma of whether or not to forget industrial action in the life rest national security. With the civil war, labour militate its demand for improvement in the wage structure and other condition of employment throughout the country. Workers protest coupled with the government growing realization of the poor economic states of the working class ultimately led to the establishment of certain commission like the Adebo commission.
Since 1970 to the present time, workers demand have increased could not satisfy the needs of the employees in the faces of the economics recession which employees force management to access to their demand. In this study, however, we are going to examine the cause of strike, its consequences and effectiveness as a weapon of trade union in achieving their aims. Mention of course would briefly be make of the history and development of trade unionism in Nigeria.
Strike as defined by section 37 (1) of trade dispute Act No 7, 1976 is a cessation of work by a body of employed persons acting in combination or a concerned refusal under a common understanding of any number of employed persons to continue to work for an employer inconsequence of a dispute, done as a means of compelling their employer on any person or body persons employed to aid other workers.
As its stand, that force, strike is one word that torn the flesh of management: each time as strike occurs, substantial out is lost during the first general strike of 1945, 1993 (Asu strike Jan. 2000 (NLC strike) when the government disagreed with civil servant wages and allowances about thirty working day were lost. Output dropped substantial, as a re-question government had to upgrade salaries in a bid to resolve between 1980, 82, 1993 and 1999 to zoo respectively there was a spot of industrial and trade disputes and work stoppages in the country requiting in a high loss in man hours and productivity. This spate of industrial unrest was evidently result of lack of adequate attention to the human labour in business organization. There has been giant sagging the fact that a human factor is of paramount importance in industry, commercial and the civil service.
The management pre-occupation with maximizing profit has always made them to pay little or no attention to the human factor in the organization. This relegation of the human factors to the background by management has been a serious but latent cause of increase in strike action on with its resultant consequences. It is the purpose of this work to probe into this and acquaint the management with the tools for combating this hydra headed monster.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Approval page
Dedication
Acknowledgment
Abstract
Table of content
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Purpose of the study
1.4 Scope of the study
1.5 Research hypothesis
1.6 Significance of the study
1.7 Limitation of the study
1.8 Definition of term
References
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 The early days and development of unionism in Nigeria
2.2 The objective and function of trade union
2.3 Strike
2.4 Evaluation of strike as one of the tools of trade unions
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research design
3.2 Area of study
3.3 Population of the study
3.4 Instrument for data collection
3.5 Validation of the instrument
3.6 Reliability of the instrument
3.7 Methods of data collection
3.8 Method of data analysis
References
CHAPTER FOUR
ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF DATA
4.1 Testing of hypothesis
4.2 Summary of results
References
CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
5.1 Discussion of results/ findings
5.2 Conclusions
5.3 Implication of the research findings
5.4 Recommendations
5.5 Suggestion for further research
References
Bibliography
Journals
Periodicals
Appendix