Attitudes of Members of Tanzania Teachers Union (TTU) Toward the Effectiveness of their Union in Improving their Welfare at Dodoma City Council

Radhi Chiku Juma; Daniel Onyango

doi:10.37284/eajes.5.3.944

Radhi Chiku Juma St Augustine University of Tanzania
Daniel Onyango, PhD St Augustine University of Tanzania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37284/eajes.5.3.944

Keywords: Trade Union, Social Capital, Welfare, Effectiveness

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the attitudes of teachers who are members of the Tanzania Teachers Union towards the effectiveness of their union in improving teachers' welfare at Dodoma City Council. The study employed a mixed research approach using convergent parallel design and was guided by the social capital theory of Bourdieu 1984. The population of the study comprised public secondary and primary school teachers who are members of the Tanzania Teachers Union and TTU administrators. The sample size of the study was 64 participants, whereby 50 participants were teachers who were members of the union, and 14 participants being TTU administrators. Questionnaires and interview guides were used to collect data. Quantitative data obtained was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 computer package and the findings were presented by the use of frequency tables. Qualitative data was coded, categorised, and analysed using a thematic approach, of which description was employed to present data. This study found that a high number of teachers do not have positive attitudes toward TTU. The researcher recommended that the union should schedule a meet the people tour and meet members so as to be in touch with the challenges that most teachers face in their working areas. The study recommends that TAMISEMI who is the teachers' employer should work in partnership with TTU so as to help them in improving teachers' welfare and improve the image of the union among its members. This to some extent will help members to have a positive attitude towards the union hence the posterity of the union and its members

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