TRADE UNION

GROUP MEMBER :
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üHEENA SOLANKI
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DEFINITION:
 Section 2(h) of the trade unions act, has defined a
trade union as:
 “Any combination , whether temporary or
permanent , formed primarily for the purpose of
regulating the relations between workmen and
employers , or between workmen and workmen , or
between employers and employers , or for imposing
restrictive conditions on the conduct of any
trade or business , and includes any federation
of two or more trade unions .”
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Then this definition talks about three relationships. They are relationship
between the:

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• Workmen and workmen
• Workmen and employers
• Employers and employers.
FEATURES OF TRADE UNIONS:
vOrganisation formed by employees or workers.
vA permanent body and not a casual or
temporary one.
v It is formed to protect and promote all kinds of
interests of its members–
i. Economical
ii. Political and
iii.Social.
vIt achieves its objectives
 through collective action
 and group effort
 OBJECTIVE OF TRADE UNIONS:
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 1.) Wages salaries.

2.) Working conditions.
3.) Discipline.
4.) Personnel policies.
5.) Welfare.
6.) Employee-employer
relation.
7.) Safeguarding organizational
health and interest of the
industry.
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 WHY TO JOIN A TRADE UNION???

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 1.) GREATER BARGAINING POWER.

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2.) MINIMIZE DISCRIMINATION.

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3.) SENSE OF SECURITY.

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4.) SENSE OF PARTICIPATION.

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5.) PLATFORM FOR SELF EXPRESSION.

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6.) BETTERMENT OF RELATIONSHIPS.

 FUNCTIONS OF TRADE UNIONS:
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A.) MILITANT FUNCTIONS:

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 1.) To achieve higher wages

and better working
conditions.
 2.)To raise the status of

workers as a part of
 industry.
 3.) To protect labors against

victimization and
 B.) FRATERNAL FUNCTIONS:
 1.) To take up welfare measures for
improving the morale of workers.
2.) To generate self confidence among
workers.
3.) To encourage sincerity and discipline
among workers.
4.) To protect women workers against
discrimination.
REASONS FOR JOINING TRADE UNION:

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1.) TRADE UNION
LEADERSHIP.
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2.) MULTIPLE UNIONS.

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3.) UNION RIVALRY.

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4.) FINANCE.
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REASONS FOR JOINING TRADE UNION:
5 .) ILLITERACY.

6.) UNEVEN GROWTH.

7.) LOW MEMBERSHIP.

8.) LACK OF INTEREST.

SUGGESTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
OF UNIONS:
• ONE UNION IN ONE INDUSTRY.
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• PAID UNION OFFICIALS.
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• DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP FROM
WITHIN.
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• RECOGNITION OF TRADE UNIONS.
TWELVE ORGANISATIONS OF TRADE
UNION IN INDIA:
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1.) All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC).
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 2.) Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS).

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 3.) Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU).

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 4.) Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat (HMKP).

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 5.) Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS).

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 7.) Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC).
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 8.) National Front of Indian Trade Unions (NFITU).

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 9.) National Labor Organization (NLO).

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 10.) Trade Unions Co-ordination Centre (TUCC).

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 11.) United Trade Union Congress (UTUC).

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 12.) United Trade Union Congress - Lenin Sarani

(UTUC- LS)
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