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Table 6 Current strike, knowledge, attitude and practices

From: Industrial action by healthcare workers in Nigeria in 2013–2015: an inquiry into causes, consequences and control—a cross-sectional descriptive study

SN

 

Number

Percent

Knowledge for the reason for present strike

 

Knowledge of the reason for the present strike

  
 

 Yes

117

78.5

 

 No

20

13.4

 

 I do not know

12

8.1

 

Total

149

100

Agreement with the reason for the strike

 

Agreed

  

1

 Yes

67

45.0

2

 No

54

36.2

3

 Undecided

28

18.8

 

Total

149

100

Do you think the strike will yield desired outcome?

 

Will yield desired outcome

  
 

 Yes

68

45.3

 

 No

6

4.0

 

 Uncertain

76

50.7

 

Total

150

100

Are union activist beneficial to the overall objective?

 

Union activist beneficial

  
 

 Yes

143

95.3

 

 No

4

2.7

 

 Undecided

3

2.0

 

Total

150

100

Can you boycott the strike for the sake of patients?

 

Can boycott strike

  
 

 Yes

69

46.3

 

 Undecided

52

34.9

 

 No

28

18.8

 

Total

150

100

Collective bargaining useful in dispute

 

Collective bargaining

  
 

 Yes

150

100

 

 Undecided

0

0

 

 No

0

0

 

Total

150

100

  1. All agreed on a team approach to healthcare delivery (150, 100 %)