A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has said issuing threats is not a legitimate way to settle discord with a people who feel aggrieved by government inadequacies.
Speaking with journalists on Tuesday, the Human rights activist, said while strike actions come with devastating effects, it is however, avoidable if government stops being arrogant, and listens to the concerns of Labour.
He said strike is part of the modes allowed for collective bargaining in labour matters.
“For totalitarian regimes that are not run on pure democratic principles, strike is a veritable tool in the hands of the employee to negotiate better deals either in relation to their employment or general welfare issues. This particular government has witnessed strikes because of the general perception that it is the best option to secure any deal from the leadership.
“The effect of strike actions can be very colossal indeed, in losses in businesses, manpower and economic progress but that is still better than a society where everybody resorts to self-help as in such a situation, life becomes brutish and short.
“In most cases, parties still have to come to the roundtable to discuss and agree, which means that the strike action could have been avoided in the first place. This means then that the appeal should be to those in positions of authority to set up some mechanisms that will create effective channels of communication between the workers and government.
“From experience, the workers would give the government notice spanning over days and yet, nothing will be done until the actual strike has been declared or commenced."