Trade Union Organising Domestic Workers and its Effect on Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria
Keywords:
decent work; employment relations; household workers; immigrant domestic work; union representationAbstract
Objectives: The study examined the organising of domestic workers by Union and its effects on Socio-economic development despite their being marginalised by other social partners.
Prior work: The paper attempts to build on organising model through exploring the means of recognising domestic workers in view of their contributions.
Approach: Quantitative and Survey method were used.
Result: Organising domestic workers have significant effect on Socio economic development and serves as platform for granting them rights and protection.
Implications: Unemployment reduction, women empowerment, tax generation and crime reduction.
Value: Developing countries pay less attention to legal framework for organising domestic workers despite its huge benefits to socio economic development.
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Razavi, S. (2007). The political and social economy of care in a development context: Conceptual issues, research questions and policy options. Gender and Development Programme Paper No. 3. Geneva: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
Chen, M. (2011). Recognizing domestic workers, regulating domestic work: Conceptual, measurement, and regulatory challenges. Canadian Journal of Women & the Law 23(1),167-171.
Cronback, I. (1951). Coefficient alpha and internal structure of test. Psychometrika, 16(3), 297-334.
D’Souza, A. (2010). Moving towards decent work for domestic workers: An overview of the ILO’s work International Labour Organization, ILO Office, Geneva.
Fajana, S. (2010). Decent work deficits in Nigeria: A constituents’ consensus. Lagos: University of Lagos. Falana, F. (2010).Nigeria: Legal framework for workplace safety. Lagos: Daily Independent.
Federation of Informal Workers’ Organisation of Nigeria. (2015). Handbook for domestic workers’ rights. Acme Lagos: FIWON publications.
Federal Republic of Nigeria (1990). Labour Act, Chapter 198, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990. Abuja: Federal Ministry of Justice
Flint, S. (1988). The protection of domestic workers in South Africa: a comparative study. International Labour Journal, 15, 187-201.
Guilford, J.P. (1954). Psychometric Methods. New York:McGraw-Hill
Heery, E., Simms, M., Simpson, D &Himmelweit, S. (1991). Reproduction. In T. Bottomore (ed.).A dictionary of Marxist thought. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Limited.
Heery, E., Simms, M., Simpson, D. &Delbridge, R. & Salmon, J. (2000). Organising unionism comes to the UK. Employee Relations, 22(1), 38-57.
Heery, E. (2003). Union organising in comparative perspective. WSI-Mittelungen, 56, 522-527.
Heery, E., Simms, M., Delbridge, R., Salmon, J. & Simpson, D. (2003). Trade union recruitment policy in Britain: Form and effects. In G. Gall (ed.). Union organizing: Campaigning for trade union recognition. London: Routledge.
International Labour Organisation.(2010). Decent work for domestic workers, Report No.IV(1). Geneva: International Labour Office.
International Labour Organisation.(2011). Remuneration in domestic work. Domestic work Policy Brief No.1.Geneva: International Labour Office.*
International Labour Organisation-IPEC.(2006). Interregional workshop on child domestic labour and trade unions report. Geneva: International Labour Office.
International Labour Organisation. (2011). Decent work for domestic worker. Geneva: International Labour Office.
Komolafe, G.(2015). Domestic/household workers in Nigeria in organising: Join to build uniform power to solve workplace problems. Lagos: Federation of Informal Workers’ Organisations of Nigeria (FIWON).
Mercado A.C. & Ai-jen, P. (2008). Domestic workers’ organizing in the United States. In Batliwala, S. (ed). Changing their world. Retrieved from http://www.awid.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/changing_their_world_-
_domestic_workers_organizing_in_the_united_states.pdf, date: 09.08.2016
Olokun, O. (2013). Can domestic servants be considered a security threat? Retrieved from http://thenationonlineng.net/can-domestic-servants-be-considered-as-security-threats/date: 09.08.2016
Paterson, D. A.& Gardner, C. (2010).Feasibility of domestic collective bargaining organizing New York: NYS Department of Labour.
Razavi, S. (2007). The political and social economy of care in a development context: Conceptual issues, research questions and policy options. Gender and Development Programme Paper No. 3. Geneva: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
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