A MARXIST PERSPECTIVE TO THE WORKPLACE STRATIFICATION IN NIGERIA

Inequality exists in various forms in different societies, ranging from unequal distribution allocation of goods and services to differentials in reward allocations and classification of people and groups into hierarchical layers based on prestige and wealth.

These classifications based on socio-economic standing are also present in the workplace like they are in the larger society, and have been explained from various schools of thought by various sociologists over the years. One of which is the Marxist idea which believes in a conflict theorem between the two distinct class strata leading to revolutionary pressures and an eventual change in the social order.

The paper examines the realities of the class relations in the Nigerian industrial relations system over the years in relation to the Marxist school of thought for areas of divergence and convergence and in order to draw up inferences of possibilities of the class relations in the future