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WICKED MANAGEMENTS AND CALLOUS TRADE UNIONS 3

 We left off last week at saying that the "Role of Management/ Trade Union was the maintenance of Peaceful and Harmonious industrial relations environment".

The question in need of an answer today and this week is the HOW?

Management actions in actualizing the peaceful and harmonious industrial relations environment include at least the following:-

- Manage the relationship with the Trade Union to avoid any forms of disputes.

- Sincerely get involved in collective bargaining.

- Employ competent co-workers.

- Honour all collective agreements.

- Always ready to meet with the Trade Union thereby maintaining an open-door policy with this all important stakeholder.

- Kill all forms of impunity.

- Give all policies that affect employees a human face.

- Pay a fair day's wage for a fair day's work.

On the other hand, the Trade Union, should carry out the under-listed minimum actions

- Recognize Management's right to manage the organisation.

- Commit to collective bargaining, grievance and disputes procedures.

- Put in a fair day's work for a fair day's wage.

- Stop giving ultimatum to go on strike.

- Participate effectively in all training programs organized by Management.

You would have noticed that what the Trade Union needs to do to maintain a peaceful and harmonious industrial relations environment are fewer than that of Management. The implications are that Management is usually responsible for disharmony in the industrial relations environment by the display of wickedness which is manifested by impunity.

While you are reading this, two Universities based unions are on an indefinite strike that was avoidable by inviting these Trade Unions to a meeting to look into the points of disagreement. Impunity did not allow the Management to call the Unions to a meeting or declare a trade dispute against the Unions while the ultimatum given subsisted.

We shall continue on this Content next week by sharing with you, our paper entitled "Protecting Workers From Unfair Labour Practices (UPLs) In A Period Of National Economic Challenges".

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