The Impact of check-off system on trade union effectiveness and organizational productivity
A study of Enugu State Ministry of Education
Abstract
This study on “The Impact of Check-Off System on Trade Union Effectiveness and Organizational Productivity (A study of Enugu State Ministry of Education)” is aimed at determining the relationship between the check-off system and trade union effectiveness vis-a-vis organizational productivity in Enugu State Ministry of Education. The survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study comprised all the two hundred (200) staff of the Ministry. The Yaro Yameni formula was used to draw a sample size of one hundred and thirty-three (133) respondents from the population which comprised both the junior, senior and management staff of the Ministry. The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire. A total of one hundred and thirty-three (133) questionnaires were distributed out of which 130 were correctly completed and returned, thereby forming our new sample size. The formulated hypotheses were tested with chi-square (X2) statistical tool at 0.05 level of significance. Some of the major findings were that the check-off system was an easy method of collecting union membership subscriptions which facilitated union effectiveness and promoted organizational productivity, and that an effective trade union is one which seeks to promote the interest and welfare of its members through improved working conditions such as pay raise, reduced hours of work and other enhanced fringe benefits, etc. Based on the findings, it was recommended that management of Enugu State Ministry of Education and indeed all other organizations should encourage the formation of trade unions as they can be used as a vehicle for promoting organizational productivity through the check-off system; management should also assist unions by ensuring the full implementation of the check-off system as finance is the life wire of any union; union members should be encouraged to donate generously to their unions as another source of revenue for the union in order to enhance their effectiveness and promote organizational productivity.
