This researcher project is a very crucial study for Enugu State Civil Service. The study was motivated by the necessity to establish the extent of democracy in trade union.
To solve the research problem both primary and secondary data were collected. The researcher instrument used in collecting the data were questionnaires and oral interview.
The respondents comprised of employees. In organizing and presenting data collected, table, frequencies and percentage were used the various hypothesis were tested using the chi-square.
Based on the data analysis and interpretation five of the following findings:-
The study revealed the degree or extent of solidarity in trade union. On average, the solidarity in trade union could said to be low.
Research study equally revealed that union constitution encourage democracy practices.
Based on the findings, the researcher concludes that there is no absolute democracy in trade union.
The following recommendation were made.
Leaders should remember that they are voted power to serve their members. There should be a permanent line of communication through such tools as meetings, building and constitution.
The leadership of union should conduct their officers with extreme caution & probity.
The first of formal trade union to develop in Nigeria was the civil service, founded in 1912. Even though it’s aims were vogue in the initial stage, there was no doubt that it was formed to protect the interest of their member and the word “native” is clearly indicative of the struggle against the foreign employer. Before the advent of the modern industrial sectors in Nigeria, there were already in existence employer – employee relationship with system of work and reward based on the culture and transaction of the people. In general, the employer was an individual and his workmen were essentially member of his household or of the extend family including cousins, nephews and nieces.
In the circumstance, the work relation approach was paternalistic in respect to reward and other welfare facilities. The active impetus to trade unionism in Enugu came with the passing of the trade union ordinance in 1938. This law formally recognized the existence of trade unionism.
The same law laid down the model of registration of trade union and prescribed the right and obligations in the employer-employee relationship.
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