@article{Anyim_Ekwoaba_Ikeije_2019, title={Organizing the Unorganized Workers in the Shop and Distributive Industry: Effect on Trade Union Strength and Membership in Nigeria}, volume={7}, url={http://ujh.unilag.edu.ng/article/view/525}, abstractNote={<p>This study focused on becoming a union member and organizing the unorganized workers<br>with focus on the Shop and Distributive Industry in Nigeria. Specifically, it investigates<br>the conditions that influence workers’ decision to join a trade union, and whether<br>workers’ organization provides a collective voice for the workers in the workplace in<br>relation to representation and participation and how union membership affects overall<br>conditions of employment. Three research hypotheses guided this investigation and one<br>hundred copies of a questionnaire were distributed to employees and union leaders in the<br>Shop and Distributive Industry. Out of these 100 copies, 93 were fully completed and<br>returned, thus representing 93% response rate. The reliability of the research instrument<br>was 0.854 using the Cronbach alpha technique. A descriptive and multiple regression<br>analysis were employed in the analysis of data and hypotheses were tested at 0.01 and<br>0.05 significant level. The result showed that support for workers’ organization has a<br>significant relationship with poor conditions of work (F = 28.952, P &gt; .001), workers’<br>organizing decision has a significant relationship with the need for employees’ voice<br>(F = 27.919, P &gt;.001), and union membership and improved working conditions are<br>significantly related (F = 10.389, P &gt;.001).</p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Unilag Journal of Humanities}, author={Anyim, F.C. and Ekwoaba, J.O. and Ikeije, U.U.}, year={2019}, month={Dec.}, pages={193-209} }