TRADE UNIONS

Concept, Function &

Structure
  A Trade Union is a continuous association
of wage-earners or salaried employees
for the purpose of securing diverse range
of benefits.
 A trade union is an organization of
workers formed to promote, protect and
improve, through collective action, the
social economic & political interests of its
members.

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  Steady Employment
 Rationalization of personnel policies
 Voice in decisions affecting workers
 Recognition & Participation
 Gaining legislative enactments
 Miscellaneous Services

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  MILITANT FUNCTIONS: To secure-better
condition of work & employment, share in
productivity gains, share in management
 FRATERNAL FUNCTIONS: To support
members out of their own funds during work
stoppage
 POLITICAL FUNCTIONS: To improve the
political status of the union, union leader &
union members

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  Collective bargaining to settle terms &
conditions of employment
 Advise management on personnel policies
 Taking up grievances to management
 Organizing demonstrations, strikes, etc
 Education of workers
 Welfare & recreational activities
 Securing legislative protection
 Representing of workers in various National
& International Forums

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  CRAFTS UNION: Organization engaged in
single occupation irrespective of industry in
which they are employed. Eg: electrician
 INDUSTRIAL UNION: Union on the basis of
an industry involving workers of different
crafts
 GENERAL UNIONS: Whose membership
covers workers employed in different
industries & crafts

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  All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
 Indian National Trade Union Congress
(INTUC)
 United Trade Union Congress (UTUC)
 Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS)
 Centre of Indian Trade (CITU)

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 MAJOR FEDERATIONS
TRADE Year of Office Head Affiliation
UNION Origin

AITUC 1920 Delhi Gurudas WFTU

Dasgupta
INTUC 3rd May, New Sanjeeva ICFTU
1947 Delhi reddy
HMS 24th Dec, New Umraomal ICFTU
1948 Delhi Purohit
UTUC May, 1949 Kolkatta Abani roy

CITU 1970 New M.K

Delhi Pandhe
  On 20th August,2008, Eight trade unions and 40
employees federations are participated in strike
protesting against the rising food prices and the UPA
government's "anti-people" economic policies, anti-
labour policies.
 Strike hit operations in the banking, insurance, aviation,
railways and various other government sectors.
 The unions have a six-point charter of demands, which
includes curbing inflation, a comprehensive Unorganized
Workers Bill, loan-waiver scheme for farmers, proper
implementation of labour laws, removal of anomalies in
the Sixth Pay Commission among other things
 Also, 80,000 employees of the State Bank of India (SBI)
and its seven associate banks went on strike in protest
against the governments decision to merge the State
Bank of Saurashtra (SBS) with the SBI

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