Description
INTRODUCTION
Workers cooperative is an enterprise in which workers share in the profits and it is a business in which the workers retain a majority control of the enterprise control is exercised democratically on the basis of one person, one role, Membership is open as far as possible to all workers and there are limit on the return to capital invested in the enterprises.
Over the years, capital; has hired lab our and treated it like an expendable factors of production same as any other factor, capital has explored labour and subjected it to the imperialism of profit maximization capital has claimed all the authority and all met profit while disclaiming full liability for the debts of he enterprise incase of liquidation. But now, Worker want all that to change these days there was change, labour will live capital. A famous co-operative maxim says” Labour hires capital, in the new workers ownership capital will not be divided into equity share because if will be owned collectively.
Examples are producing durable goods and nourishing goods, additive free goods not highly processed snack adopting methods, of production devoid of polluting effects, refusal to produce war related material or to deal with government practicing, racial segregation.
These workers industrial cooperatives have social objective as well as economic objectives.
They won’t out man at the centre of business, they place democratic control and the nature of the product before profitability. They employ technology that is friendly to the environment. As long as the enterprise can cover its costs and break even they fell free, to pursuer their social objectives. The capital assets of an industrial cooperative should be jealously guarded. It should maintain intact and progressively expanded and developed facilities. The aim should be to catch up with completing capitalist out lifts in terms of capital base. With drawing members should be required to leave their share capital behind. If members decided to dissolve their society, it should not be in order to share them asset.
Both the lam should absolutely forbid the saving of the net assets among member upon dissolution. Net assets should rather be transferred to another workers in industrial co-operative.
Workers in industrial co-operative to ameliorate the hardship especially the poverty of the working people with a view to increase their social order that ensure the poorest members of the working class sufficient wellbeing for feature would be to expensive for the people to bearing for instance it could generate permanent cynical apathy to government and society programme and alienation of the very low income group in economic activity. The idea of workers co-operative is a step, in the right direction especially in the face of harsh economic realistic resulting from the structural Adjustment programme (SAP)> this study, will therefore identify the objective role, possible problems prospects associated with the workers co-operatives, suggest remedies to the problems and make recommendation with a view to reforming the worker co-operative into achieving their stated objectives,
TABLE OF CONTENTS
i Title Page
ii Approval page
iii Dedication
iv Acknowledgement
v Table of content
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Objectives of the study
1.4 Research question
1.5 Significance of the study
1.6 Scope of the study
1.7 Limitations of the study
1.8 Definitions of terms
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature of related literature
2.1 Historical development of workers cooperative
2.2 Objectives of inyaba cooperative farm
2.3 Sources of funds
2.4 Social benefits of workers in industrial coo-operatives
2.5 Problem of workers in industrial cooperative
2.6 Major activities of workers in industrial cooperative
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Research design and Methodology
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Research Design
3.3 Sources/methods of data collection
3.4 Population and sample size
3.5 Sampling Technology
3.6 Validity and reliability of measuring instruments
3.7 Methods of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 presentation and analysis or data
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Presentation of data
4.3 Analysis of data
4.4 Interpretation of results
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Summary of findings
5.3 Conclusion
5.4 Recommendation
References