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WICKED MANAGEMENTS AND CALLOUS TRADE UNIONS 2

 The summary of last week's content is that the callousness of the public sector Trade Unions is directly proportional to the wickedness of public sector Managements. I feel sorry and pity for Public Sector Trade Unions for the refusal of Public Sector Managements for not training the unions on how to negotiate with blind and deaf managements.

Now, on my paper "The Role Of Management/Trade Union In An Industrial Democratic Environment". I started by defining Wisdom as being "the correct application of knowledge".

Next, I identified the Stakeholders of the industry in which the training took place. We went further to identify the two most important stakeholders and their representatives. They are the Owners represented by Management and the Workers represented by the Trade Union.

Before we provided a catchall role of management/ trade Union in an industrial Democratic environment, we identified some of the characteristics of an  industrial Democratic environment.

These characteristics include the following:-

- Codified rules of engagement.

- Free entry and exit.

- Recognition of the right of the management to manage the organisation.

- Recognition and Acceptance of the Trade Union as the representative of the workers.

- Acceptance of collective bargaining as a means of fixing the conditions of service for the workers.

- Open and constant communication from both parties.

- Recognition of the Grievance and Disputes procedures.

- Recognition of the Sanctity of Collective Agreements.

- Recognition of the right to fair hearing for both sides to any case.

- Recognition of query as not being a punishment.

- Agreeing that refusal to respond to a query constitute an offense and shall be treated accordingly.

After the above characteristics, we then addressed the question of the role of Management/Trade Union in an industrial Democratic environment as the maintenance of a peaceful and harmonious industrial relations environment.

The HOW of this maintenance by both parties, we shall highlight next week and make some comments as regards  how the Public Sector has faired compared to the OPS.

Comments

  1. Anonymous24 October 2024 at 16:56

    The truth is, in the public sector, no one cares to maintain anything except their own power structures. Trade unions and managements alike are more interested in protecting their own interests than in fostering any meaningful collaboration. The "peaceful and harmonious" environment you aspire to is nothing more than a façade, a convenient illusion both parties use to keep up appearances while the real issues go unaddressed.

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