Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Strike Action in Labour Conflict Management in Nigeria (1999-2011 (original) (raw)

The paper argued that though strike comes with so many diseconomies, there are factors that usually compelled the NLC to embark on strikes in Nigeria which ranges from refusal to recognize a union or workers' group as a collective bargaining party; rejection of unions demand and so on. The paper equally contended that prolonged strikes negatively affect the perception of the NLC in industrial conflict management in Nigeria. It also discovered that strikes embarked upon by the NLC have not secured industrial harmony in Nigeria. Rather, strikes bred inferiority complex, cold war and psychological stress in the workplace. The paper observed the achievability of peaceful and harmonious industrial coexistence amongst labour and management through collaboration, accommodation and compromise. Data for the paper was sourced from interview and documented researches. Qualitative and descriptive methods of analysis were employed in analyzing the data generated.