CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Trade union is an important institution in any industrial relation system. The union regards the workers as an important group among this industrial relation group. Nigeria Trade Union fight for the common interest of workers and in doing this, they negotiate with management of the organization.
Historically trade unions are a product of industrial revolution in Europe. They arose out of the movement of help among industrial workers in the condition of leases face capitalism fashion (1080:300).
The worker have learned from experience they can enhance their bargaining power by combination and gain some measure of control their wages and working condition and this make their live more secured.
Workers through a virtue union can achieve all these thus it is in view of this that the study want to look at the impact of trade union on workers welfare by using Auchi Polytechnic, as a case study.
- STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Workers work in the organization in order to be able to achieve their needs. It is the attempt to satisfy these needs that make them to form and join unions.
Unions in an organization are therefore meant to fight for the improvement of their members welfare. Fighting for the welfare to member entail of their members are met and also making sure that their members are not exploited by the employment. It is in view of this that the researcher wants to look at the effect of trade union on the welfare of workers by using Auchi Polytechnic Auchi as a case study.