Emerging trends of trade unionism in india
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Before understanding the emerging trends in Indian trade union movement, it would of interest to understand the historical context in which unions functioned during the first four decades in the post-independence period.
During the freedom movement, trade unions were patronised by political parties and the freedom movement helped trade unions to be recognised as legal labour organisations to promote the interests of the working class, more especially in the organised sector of the economy.
Trade unions during the post-independence period preferred state-led planned industrialisa-tion. The national government also passed a number of Acts with which they codified the roles of trade unions as instruments of collective bargaining on behalf of the workers. Tripartite structures of consultation were created like the Indian Labour Conference, wage boards, Central Industrial Relations Machinery, joint management councils etc. The entire idea was that these institutions should be used to reduce the areas of conflict by dialogue, rather than resort to strikes. In case of failure by dialogue, the government used the instrument of compulsory adjudications, by appointing state as well as national level tribunals. The result was that trade unions felt that the state has given them a respectable place to voice their concerns and thus they were able to extract with the help of the state good amount of power to protect and promote the interests of labour. In other words, this period was marked by a social cohesion between the state and the trade unions to improve the miserable conditions of the working class. The arm of the state was in favour of the working class.
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During the freedom movement, trade unions were patronised by political parties and the freedom movement helped trade unions to be recognised as legal labour organisations to promote the interests of the working class, more especially in the organised sector of the economy.
Trade unions during the post-independence period preferred state-led planned industrialisa-tion. The national government also passed a number of Acts with which they codified the roles of trade unions as instruments of collective bargaining on behalf of the workers. Tripartite structures of consultation were created like the Indian Labour Conference, wage boards, Central Industrial Relations Machinery, joint management councils etc. The entire idea was that these institutions should be used to reduce the areas of conflict by dialogue, rather than resort to strikes. In case of failure by dialogue, the government used the instrument of compulsory adjudications, by appointing state as well as national level tribunals. The result was that trade unions felt that the state has given them a respectable place to voice their concerns and thus they were able to extract with the help of the state good amount of power to protect and promote the interests of labour. In other words, this period was marked by a social cohesion between the state and the trade unions to improve the miserable conditions of the working class. The arm of the state was in favour of the working class.
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