Reflections on Labour and Trade Unions

Vice president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Issa Aremu, has been writing a column in the Daily Trust, Nigeria for several years and has been an occasional contributor to a number of other Nigerian publications. Covered in this volume: the Nigerian government's labour and employment policies; structural adjustment measures; the challenges of labour law and legislative authorities; compensation and wage policies; the challenges facings union organisation; mass employment and unemployment; the standard of living of working people; pension schemes; industrial conflict and strikes; and the coverage of industrial relations and trade unionism in the print media.