THE ROLE OF TRADE UNIONS IN PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL PEACE: THE CASE OF HORIZON ADDIS TYRE SHARE COMPANY

Abstract

Safe working environment and smooth employee- employer relationship are very essential factors affecting the effectiveness and efficiency of a particular organization. One of the means devised to establish Horizon Addis Tyre Share Company is the formation and effective functioning of Trade Unions. The case in point is Horizon Addis Tyre Share Company engaged in the production of Aqua Addis purified water having 800 employees. In this paper, an attempt is made to assess the role that the trade union of Horizon Addis Tyre Share Company is currently playing in safeguarding the peaceful work environment of the said company. The research adopts a descriptive approach and Questionnaire and interviews were used as methods of data collection and the finding of the study showed that the labor union are more focused on the promoting of peaceful work environment than employees rights and the labor union member employees are happy with what their labor union is engaged in and also what the management is currently doing; there is a strong bond between the management and the labor union. Though the management members and also the labor union members do have a concern on the future condition of the labor union of Horizon Addis Tyre Share Company if they continue to only focus on the promoting of peaceful work environment than the rights of employees