Introduction:
Trade unions play a significant role in shaping
the change of employee-employer relations globally. In organizations
that recognize trade unions collective bargaining plays a pivotal role in
shaping labour relations. Here a union represents the interests of a group of
employees negotiates with the employer on behalf of its union members and typically
covers wages, working conditions, job security, and dispute resolutions as an
employee voice. Whereas in non-unionised organizations there is a lack of
formalized system for collective bargaining to address employee-employer
issues.
We are going to be looking at how organizations
recognize trade unions and organizations that don’t recognize trade unions. We
will be looking at how this applies to sectors in India which deal with the pay
conditions, workplace safety, productivity and industrial peace in India.
Impacts of
having or not having a trade union
Planning to
discuss how the having and not having Trade union (TU) can lead to both
positive and negative consequences on employers and employees and its dynamics
on employment work conditions, productivity etc.
Trade Unions
in India: A Brief Overview
Will talk about
early TU development and its evolution
in India and industrial relations reflecting the political, economic and
legislative regimes.
Labour laws
Will explain
about the key labour laws which enable workers to form unions and defend their
rights
Collective
bargaining (CB)
Will discuss about
CB in brief with an example from my work experience on unskilled worker
claiming for full time permanent employment who approached via Trade unions.
Conflict and
dispute resolutions (Ref book on employment relations-Pauline Dibben)
Will discuss in
detailed of the cause of strikes,trends in strike patterns
Political and
Economic obstacles to growth (Ref book Trade union revitalisation by Peter lane)
Will discuss about
public sector companies and private sector companies and the pressure of
globalisation arguing the context in India
Challenges
to the Indian labour movement (Ref book Trade union revitalisation by Peter
lane)
Will talk about
Indian workforce and constitutional rights of the people
Future Prospects
and Employment rights bill
Covering the
issues of work and working conditions widely contested by government, business
and unions in detailed.
Conclusion:
Summarising
with mere comparison on both the systems and what is seen best fit and its
impact in terms of regulations, how it is shaped and influenced by politically