Table 23b: Should workers unionise? Distribution by Gender Sex Total Male Female Should workers unionise? Yes No 164(97.61%) 4(2.39%) 64(86.48%) 10(13.52%) 228(94.21%) 14(5.78%) Source: Field survey, 2009 Total 168(69.42%) 74(30.57%) 242 Going by table 23b above, the percentage of men(97.61%) who believe that workers should unionise is higher than that of women(86.48). If respondents believe workers should unionise, how do they feel in the absence of unions in their organisations. We asked them this question as well as what efforts they made to ensure the existence of unions in their places of work. Broadly, majority of the respondents, 224(94.11%) are not happy about the situation insisting that it is degrading, exploitative, puts them at a disadvantage and embarrassing not to have a union in place. Out of 205 respondents, 113(55.12%) claimed to have discussed the absence of unionism with co-workers while out of 258 respondents, 132(51.16%) claimed to have initiated a move to form a union in the workplace. All these responses, as reflected in tables 24, 25 and 26 below, suggest a desire of the respondents to avail themselves of the right to associate with fellow workers in a bid to ensure that they get a better deal from work. 46