I wish to start by saying that anything touched by politicians get destroyed, the TU Movement not being an exception. At the time Comr Adams Oshiomole committed suicide, the TUs were captured by the political elites. In 2009 ASUU signed an agreement with FGN touching on lecturers welfare and the funding of the Universities, and till today that agreement has not bee fully implemented. This none implementation of this agreement led to a strike action that lasted about eight months, only for the strike to be called off under the guise of an MOU. However, what happen was "Strike Fatigue" that is why there have been some small strikes and numerous ultimatums to resume the strike again. Another TU whose strikes have affected Nigerians negatively is the National Association of Resident Doctors. Nowadays, they only call on the government to settle the leadership of the Union. How is it done? They give the employer the instrument that is known to the Law force the employer to d...
Trade Unions are meant to protect the interests of her members but with the economic meltdown, they have taken upon themselves the role of workshop managers. You may not know why it is called workshop, funny as it may sound, but it so called because those work there eat out of there. Until Comrade Adams Oshiomole committed class suicide to become the governor of Edo State, the NLC was the only organised opposition to the PDP government of Gen. Matthew Okikiola Arẹmu Olusegun Obasanjo, after that, the organised labour movement was captioned. What do you hear from TUs today is one ultimatum or the other to go on strike if one bogus demand or the other is not met. Here, I need some education as to the section of our Trade Dispute Act is ultimatum? All ultimatums are a way of telling the employer, especially in the public sector to call us for settlement. It goes without saying that everybody have a price and empty fingers are not sweet in the mouth. The Disputes settlement procedure ...