Historically, the railways in Nigeria were conceived and constructed from Lagos to the furthermost parts of Northeastern part of the country, to open up the hinterland of southwestern Nigeria along its corridor. Background of Study The right of workers to organize in form of trade union is an adjunct of the constitutional right to peaceful assembly and association. The 1938 Trade Union … The pre-1939 development of trade unionism in West Africa was also affected by the greatdepression of 1930 to 1932 which affected all sectors of the British Until 1931, the Civil Service Union remained the only trade union in Nigeria. outlook. early development in Nigeria included the strike of the mechanics union at the end of the First World War, the 1921strike of railway workers and 1925 strike of teachers at Calabar. A directory of railway archive sources for family historians (Federation of Family History Societies, 2002) Appendix 1 – Staff records by company The table below provides the document series reference for every railway company whose staff records have been preserved at The National Archives. In that year, two other unions were formed i.e. It was not until the 1930s, that the Nigerian Union of Teachers and the Railway Workers Union came to challenge this status. For instance, the railway worker union was formed in 1899. In 1990 the National Union of Railwaymen amalgamated with the National Union of Seamen to form the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT). Transaid are working closely with the NURTW in Nigeria on the Emergency Transport Scheme. Prior to the emergence of the immediate past national executive council of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria in 2001, led by Comrade Onikolease Irabor, the union went through hell in the hands of the then-leadership of Comrade Uzoije Ukaumunna who was forced out of office through the instrumentality of the Federal Government. Colonial economy was mainly geared towards making Nigeria supplier of raw materials for imperialist economy. A lot of battles were waged and won by this union against the colonial masters and this further encouraged more workers to enroll and by 1931 another two major unions were formed: Nigerian Union of Teachers and Nigeria Railway Workers Union. Secretary of the Railway Station Staff Union and his Public Works Department Technical and General Workers Union counterpart, I. S. M. O. Shonekan sought the … The membership of the General Railway Workers' Union appears to have been concentrated in the railway … Nigeria. From 1912 to 1922, the Nigeria Civil Service Union, (NSCU) was the only major union in Nigeria. the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Nigerian Railway Workers Union (NRWU). Section 40 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (amended) guarantees the right to peaceful … About the union: The General Railway Workers' Union was founded in 1890 and amalgamated with the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and the United Pointsmen's and Signalmen's Society in 1913 to form the National Union of Railwaymen. NURTW is a union of taxi drivers and, as part of the ETS, some of the drivers volunteer to become ETS drivers which means that they have a responsibility within the community to provide timely and affordable transport to pregnant women … Continue reading "National Union of Road Transport Workers … In 1931, the Railway Workers Union and the Nigeria Union of Teachers were formed; before this time railway workers were under the Nigerian Civil Service Union (Egboh, 1968). The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales was the dominant partner in this amalgamation. The activities of the labour unions no doubt made the colonial government to formally pass legislation in 1938 aimed at meeting some of their demands - increased wages and the opening of the political space.