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WICKED MANAGEMENTS AND CALLOUS TRADE UNIONS 4

 Our parting statement last week was that two non- teaching Unions in the University system were already on an indefinite strike. As you read this, these two Unions have suspended the strike for one month after meeting with some fellows without any authority to take any abiding decisions.

In handling "Protecting Workers From Unfair  Labour Practices (ULPs) IN A Period Of National Economic Challenges",we started by identifying some of the current national economic challenges. They include the following:-

- Short supply of goods and services.

- Prohibitive high cost of energy.

- Free fall of the value of the naira.

- High level of unemployment and unemployables.

- Shortfall of skilled manpower.

- Hipper inflation.

- High debt profile.

- Bartered educational system.

- The callous opulent living of the political Elites.

- Excessive borrowing to fund non-product projects..

- Funding of massive white elephant projects.

- Avoidable high cost of living.

The question is, is unfair labour Practices restricted to only managements? The answer is a capital NO.

Trade Unions' unfair labour Practices may include the following:-

- Not putting a fair day's work for a fair day's pay.

- Work-to-rule.

- Refusing to work overtime.

- Refusing to go through the Grievance/ Disputes procedures.

- Contesting the right of management to manage the organisation.

On the other hand, there are some unfair labour Practices by managements. They include the following:-

- Ineffective and inefficient management of the organisation.

- Delays in the payment of employees salaries and gratuities of exited employees.

- Delayed promotion of employees.

- Nepotism in employment and failing to employ competent co-workers.

- Indiscriminate disciplinary actions.

- Unlawful termination of employment.

- Redundancy without proper information to the Trade Union.

- Paying lip-service to employees training and development.

- No diligent implementation of collective agreements.

- Unnecessary delay in the renegotiation of expired collective agreements.

- Being represented by fellows without authority to negotiate with the Trade Union.

The way out of these unfair labour Practices by both the Managements and the Trade Unions, will firm the conclusion of this Content on Wicked Managements and Callous Trade Unions next week.

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