Labour seeks industrial harmony in Nigeria
Industrial harmony in the workplace will be enhanced if the management and workers put the interest of the organisation in the front burner, the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN),has said. The Secretary-General of the union, Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal, made the declaration in a lecture he delivered last week at the 2016 […]
Industrial harmony in the workplace will be enhanced if the management and workers put the interest of the organisation in the front burner, the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN),has said.
The Secretary-General of the union, Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal, made the declaration in a lecture he delivered last week at the 2016 Annual Seminar of the Ministry of Defence Unit of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) in Lagos.
He emphasized that management and the workers have their respective interest to protect during negotiation and must always be guided by the knowledge that the survival of the organisation in question is a primary prerequisite for their continued existence as management and workers.
“This is precisely why industrial relations experts always recommend that employers and the employees must learn to moderate their demands on each other and accord the corporate interest of the organisation a priority while pursuing their separate goals,” he added.
The ASCSN Secretary-General who addressed the theme: “Understanding the Principles of Negotiation, Collective Bargaining and Social Partnership in the Workplace,” posited that Collected Bargaining is governed by Convention 98 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on the right to organise and collective bargaining.
He advised the managements in various organisations to avoid unfair labour practices which engender industrial conflicts in the workplace.
Also speaking, the Chairman-General of the Lagos/outstation Unit of the association in the Ministry of Defence, Comrade Oso J. Sola, appealed to the management of Ministry of Defence to pay all outstanding salaries and allowances owed employees of the ministry.