ABSTRACT

The study looks at the effects of labour relations on job satisfaction among health workers in Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. Beyond the broad objective, the study sought specifically to examine how labour relation practices and strategies that exist among health workers affect job satisfaction in FMC, Umuahia, estimate the degree of relationship between job satisfaction and industrial actions in. FMC, Urnuahia, ascertain whether labour unions promote harmony between management and employee's in FMC, Umuahia, and identify ways of enhancing a healthy relationship between labour and management in FMC, Umuahia. A total of 300 respondents were selected comprising of both management and staff of FMC, Umuahia, Abia State, using stratified sampling technique from which data and information were elicited using the questionnaire. Analytically, the study employed descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and z-test in testing the hypotheses. The analytical result revealed that labour relation practices and strategies have a significant effect on job satisfaction among health workers in FMC, Umuahia, that job satisfaction have no significant relationship vidi industrial actions in FMC, Umuahia, that labour unions promote harmony between management and workers in FMC, Umuahia and that .here is a significant relationship between labour and management in FMC. Umuahia. The study concludes that maintenance of harmonious labour relations is vital and important for growth and development of an' institution and recommends amongst others that management should involve their employees in decision making concerning labour related matters that may result to workers dissatisfaction and conflict.