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THE MATRIX OF STRIKE T he issue of who or what takes precedence in the case of strike or industrial action in Nigeria remains a topic for generalized debate. What is certain however is that every industrial action embarked upon is just as important as the next, this may sound paradoxical yet, in view of the vital importance of every party to a dispute and the consequence or effects, one can easily x-ray the above statements to a large extent. However, every strike action in my opinion spurns from the same ginnery of discontent which reveals a common thread. This may be as a result of prior nonreciprocal promise by one party or an unfair treatment of one party contrary to international best practices. There is no gain saying that all these can be attributed to corruption which is on the increase and employers are usually blamed for most of the problems associated with strike. Strike is defined in the oxford advanced learners dictionary as a period of time when an organize