NECA Seeks Trade Union Act Amendment

The former President  Ni
geria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Chief Richard Uche, has sought for the immediate amendment of the Trade Union Act in order to allow trade union to directly  collect check-off dues from their members.
Uche, who spoke to media  men in Lagos recently said the  call has became necessary following  the inability of trade union to mobilise and manage its members.
He said if the trade union Act is amended to allow  trade union to collect check-off dues from members a conducive atmosphere would  be created for a peaceful  industrial relations practice.
He enjoined the leadership of trade union to always respect the rules and laws on dispute settlement, stressing that employers have rights of protection anytime  trade union pickets a company or embarks on strike action.
He said “in the past two years, employers have shouted  hoarse on the decadent state of  industrial relations.
Uche said the  state of industrial relations in Nigeria is festering on impunity, illegal strikes, vandalisation  of properties in the course  of strike, raising indiscipline by trade unions, disdain for Labour rules and laws and indifference by security outfits to protect employers.
He said this certainly could not be the right content for maximise productivity and peaceful industrial relations in Nigeria.
He said NECA  would continue to do  its best in its efforts to fight for the rights of enterprise and employers, stressing that NECA will continue to rise up to the deployment of all legitimate  means  to ensure  the survival and  competitiveness of its members.