Gender Participation In Trade Unionism In Southwest Nigeria

Since the declaration of the years 1976 – 85 as United Nations Decade for Women, it has been assumed that women in the workforce will show more interest and participate actively in trade unionism. However, this has not been so. Hence, this study seeks to analyse gender participation in trade union activities in some selected industrial unions in southwestern Nigeria. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested. The proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used for the study, in which the sample size was 1,174 based on 20% of each of 5 selected industrial unions. t-test and multiple regression analysis were used for the analysis of the data generated for the study at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed the evidence of the research work shows that male are significantly more favored in the positions held in union., and that there is no significant difference (P>0.05) at 0.05 level between male and female in their perception of women participation in trade unionism. Recommended was on policy of government that will encourage women’s participation in unionism in Nigeria