COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE MANAGEMENT (A STUDY OF NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY-LAGOS)

📄 Project Abstract

Industrial conflict management is an important element in labor management relation. Past studies had examined industrial conflict management with little or no attention to collective bargaining. From the foregoing, the study examined collective bargaining and industrial conflict management; A study of Nigerian Ports Authority Lagos. The study employed Conflict theory and Pluralist theory as framework. Multi stage sampling technique was adopted with questionnaire as the instrument of data collection. Data analysis involved the use of frequencies, percentages, and Spearman correlation co-efficient. The findings of the study revealed that 57.1% of the respondents strongly agreed that one employer multi union structure promoted conflict in the work place. By the same vein,64.3% of the respondents strongly disagreed that various issues discussed under collective bargaining receiving the interest of union members that allowed peace to reign in the work place. On the involvement of collect...