Abstract: The paper is reviewing the wage bargaining theory as regards to the Nigeria environment. The primary purpose of wage bargaining is to determine wage, terms and conditions of employment of employees. Improvements in the terms and conditions of workers employment is the chief task of trade unions and collective bargaining is the major means whereby trade unions can ensure that the terms and conditions of employment given to their members are adequate. Trade union has not successfully use the instrument of collective bargaining to achieve their demand, as government usually use wage commission to determine the wages of his work force and even when collective agreement are reached by the parties in bargaining section, is not been implemented. This has led to incessant strikes action by aggrieved workers. The paper adopted a theoretical approach in its methodology which was blended with practical knowledge of the subject matter and trend of events. The paper concludes with recommendations on ways to make the collective bargaining mechanism to be more effective or result-oriented.
Keywords: Wage bargaining, strikes, labour union and minimum wage.
Title: A REVIEW OF WAGE BARGAINING THEORY AND INDUSTRIAL STRIKES ACTION IN NIGERIA
Author: Idisi P. O., Ogwu I. J., Agboola E. D.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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