THE INFLEUENCE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING STRATEGY ON LABOUR MANAGEMENT RELATION (A STUDY OF NEW PRIDE LIMITED COMPANY, WARRI)

The research revealed a good analysis of the concept of collective bargaining strategy and its impact on labour management relation. It was confronted with the problem of determining the influence of collective bargaining strategy on labour relations with a study of New Pride Limited Company, Warri. The objectives were, among others (i) to determine the degree of the overall industrial climate in the state companies (ii) to detemine the existence of interpersonal relationship in the state companies (iii) to examine the practice of collective bargaining in the Delta State and discrepancies in the labour management relationship. A questionnaire instrument was used and the population was 117 respondents. The test retest technique was used to obtain dependability, stabilty and predictability of the questionnaire. The study made use of simple percentage, mean and chi-square and the findings revealed, among others, that (i) there was interpersonal relationship in the companies (ii) management and workrers of the corporation interacted in the determination of employment issues. It was recommended, among others (i) that a distinct industrial relation unit be established in the personnel management department to handle labour management relation matters. (ii) further research should be carried out in other states of the federation to generalize the validity of the results.