STRIKE ACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL GOAL ACHIEVEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE OYO STATE WING OF THE NIGERIAN UNION OF TEACHERS

Abstract

Strike action remains one of the major instruments of collective bargaining through which labour unions pursue improved members' welfare and organizational goals. This study investigated how strike action could affect organizational goal getting in the Oyo State Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), with attention to members welfare and how well collective bargaining actually worked. A descriptive survey design was used, so in a way it was more like a broad snapshot rather than deep experimentation. The population was made up of registered NUT members, and from that group, 350 respondents were chosen through a multi stage sampling method. Data was collected through structured questionnaire. For analysis, the study employed descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlation, and Multiple Regression Analysis, with SPSS at the 5% significance level. The findings show strike action had a strong, positive effect on members’ welfare. In particular, wide scale strike action (β = 0.590, p < 0.001) and economic strike action (β = 0.607, p < 0.001) significantly improved members welfare, and it seems the model accounted for 95.3% of the variation (R² = 0.953; F = 3083.885, p < 0.05). The study also points to a rather clear positive connection between strike action and collective bargaining effectiveness, (r = 0.774, p < 0.05) which in turn made the null hypotheses get rejected, both of them. So, overall, the study concludes that strike action still counts as a veritable tool for reaching organizational aims, especially because it betters members’ welfare and it strengthens collective bargaining effectiveness. It recommends putting dialogue and collective bargaining first, before strike action, then ensuring government implements the negotiated agreements promptly, to improve teachers’ welfare, and finally building tougher mechanisms for monitoring plus implementing those agreements so industrial harmony can stay steady and sustainable.