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The Impact of Political Action on Labour Movement Strength This page intentionally left blank The Impact of Political Action on Labour Movement Strength Trade Union Revitalisation in Africa Michael A. Oyelere Faculty of Business and Management, Regent’s Business School London, UK Palgrave macmillan © Michael A. Oyelere 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-34121-1 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries ISBN 978-1-349-46503-3 ISBN 978-1-137-34122-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137341228 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 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Contents List of Figures vi List of Tables vii Part I Overview 1 I ntroduction 3 2 I ndustrial Relations Development: Perspectives from Advanced Economies 1 0 3 C ontemporary Theories and Union Actions 2 5 Part II The Nigerian Context and Case Study Organisations 4 Political Developments and the Labour Movement 3 7 5 Case Study Organisations 73 Part III Politics and Trade Unions 6 Political Changes and Trade Unions 9 7 7 Economic Factors Affecting Trade Unions 128 8 Unions’ Socio-Political and Economic Actions 1 44 Part IV The State and Predicament of the Labour Movement 9 S tate of the Labour Movement in Nigeria 169 10 F uture of Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies 1 94 References 208 Index 2 19 v List of Figures 5.1 NLC organisational chart 7 7 6.1 N UPENG membership levels 1 18 6.2 I mpact of legislation on industrial harmony 120 6.3 NUTGTWN level of membership during Obasanjo civilian regime 123 6.4 Relationships between NCSU and government 1 25 7.1 Level of NUTGTWN memberships 1 35 7.2 NCSU membership level 138 7.3 Important issues in collective bargaining 1 39 7.4 L evel of job satisfaction 1 39 7.5 Relationship between union and government 141 9.1 Interrelationships in the factors that affect trade union 190 9.2 I nternal and societal influence 191 vi List of Tables 4.1 P olitical developments since independence in 1960 40 4.2 A cts, decrees and impacts 55 4.3 Trade union action 63 5.1 M embership of industrial unions registered with the main Labour Centre – NLC 79 5.2 NUPENG membership rate 8 3 5.3 NUTGTWN membership rate 8 8 5.4 N CSU membership rate 91 6.1 G overnment and the year of reign 98 9.1 C asual/contract workers in oil/gas sector 1 86 vii Part I Overview 1 Introduction Worker organisations in both developed and emerging econo- mies have been seen to embark on proactive action in order to counter the exigencies of the “capitalist”. With support from the ILO, many workers under military and one party despotic rule are able to mitigate the exigencies of the organisers of work. However, it is interesting that this is not a factor synonymous to emerging economies. Workers in many developed economies are faced with similar situations albeit, sometimes in a more subtle manner.In the text, I have attempted to take a wider view of trade union organisa- tions especially from the perspective of their roles and functions within the industrial relations context by examining a number of different aspects of current situations and trying to discern future possibilities. This book is concerned with trade union political and economic activity in Nigeria over the period 1983–2012. It examines the effects of state political and economic action on trade union activities and their own activities in both spheres as the two subjects are closely intertwined. The book examines the conditions in which the polit- ical and economic actions of unions could be considered successful and how these activities are balanced against each other and against other functions. The book discusses the issue in the context of the decline in the fortunes and membership of the trade union move- ment in Nigeria. This research provides an insight into the broad global concern about the changing fortunes of trade unions and, more specifically, an insight into the fortunes of trade unionism from the perspective 3
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