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WICKED MANAGEMENTS AND CALLOUS TRADE UNIONS 1

 Last month, I was a Resource Person at Trade Union training program where I spoke on "The Role Of Management/Trade Union In An Industrial Democratic Environment" and "Protecting Workers From Unfair Labour Practices (UPLs) In A Period Of National Economic Challenges"

I wish to share with you my thoughts on the above two subjects in these serries of Wicked Managements And Callous Trade Unions. However, before I go into those details, I wish to make some infallible and pervasive statements which are the summary of my thoughts on Wicked Managements and Callous Trade Unions.

While Wicked Managements manifests wickedness by impunity on the one hand, the Callous Trade Unions manifest callousness by giving ultimatum to go on strike.

The Nigerian state is a signatory to the ILO Convention on Collective Bargaining, but does not get involved in sincere Collective Bargaining and the implications of the Collective Agreements that result thereby.

The refusal of public sector managements to negotiate sincerely and honour collective agreements has led to the absolute frustration of public sector trade unions.

The public sector Managements with a large pool of Industrial Relations Experts, refuse to follow laid down disputes settlement procedures to the extent that those who ought to advise to follow the laid down laws, are the first to approach the courts for injections.

On the other hand, public sector Trade Unions out of frustration from their wicked managements have abandoned negotiations and resorted to gunboat industrial relations by giving ultimatum to go on strike which is unknown to the Trades Dispute settlement Law.

Public Sector Trade Unions resorting to strike as the first course of action is a consequence of Public Sector Managements refusal to sincerely negotiate with Public Sector Trade Unions and go ahead to quote and implement the "no work, no pay" clause in the TD Act.

Why don't we have as many strike ultimatums by the Trade Unions in the OPS as the public sector? The answer is very obvious for all to see. All public sector unions strike ultimatums or actual strikes are the handiwork of the public sector wicked managements.

We shall return to the two papers in the Trade Union training next week.

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