Abstract
Human existence would have been barbaric and life- brutish, short and nasty but for the institutionalization of laws to govern and regulate human conducts in the family, work place, in human association, interrelationship and in business. There is no branch of law which touches more closely the ordinary man in his everyday life than the subject of Labour Law. Labour law is introduced in every society to operate according to the pattern of their labour force and without its regulation through laws governing labour relations, there will not be in place, good, convenient and harmonious working environment to ensure productivity. In furtherance of the task of the law as an instrument of social engineering in the society, means of social control, a guarantee peaceful coexistence in line with the cravings of the utilitarian movement, labour law which is also referred to as industrial law in some climes operates directly in human industrial and occupational relations to guarantee and enhance, fair treatment, fair play, work place, safety, human dignity in labour, employers and employees’ relationship. The paper deals with workers’ right to freedom of association, the concept of collective bargain and agreement, its effect, legal status of collective agreement in a contract of employment, strike as an industrial action and its factors and recommendations.