MBA - TRADE UNION (AS PER MG UNIVERSITY SYLLABUS)

2. Functions Of Trade Unions
1. Militant or Protective or Intra-mutual
functions-(protecting the worker’s interest)
2. Fraternal or Extramural functions-(providing
financial & non financial assistance)
3. Political functions-(affiliating the union to a
political party)
4. Social functions-(carrying out social service
activity)

3. Importance Of Trade Unions
Workers join a trade union primary to:
 Improve their bargaining power.
 Voice their concerns, grievances ,problems in
a united manner.
 Platform for self expression and developing
ideas, thoughts, feelings concerning work
and work environment.
 Minimize discrimination and favouritism

4. Importance Of Trade Unions[Contn..]
 Secure adequate protection in case of illness,
accident and unemployment.
 Improve their working relationship.

5. Trade unions help to employees
 By helping the recruitment and selection of
workers.
 By providing discipline in workforce.
 By enabling settlement of industrial disputes.
 Achieving industrial peace.
 Incorporating a sense of CSR in
Workers.

6. UNION
STRUCTURE
Union Structure
GENERAL UNION
INDUSTRIAL
UNION
FEDERATIONSCRAFT UNIONS

7. Union Movement In India
AITUC – Formed in 1920
– First meeting in Mumbai under
presidentship of Lala Lajpat Rai.
AITUC-ALL INDIA TRADE UNION
CONGRESS
AIRF-ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN’S
FEDERATIONS
AITUF- ALL INDIA TRADE UNION
FEDERATION
AIRTUC-ALL INDIA RED TRADE
UNION CONGRESS
Unified
Meeting
Held In
Nagpur In
1940

8. Union Movement In India [Contn…]
After WORLD WAR II
aituc
Supporting
war
Not
supporting
was
INDIAN
FEDERATION OF
LABOUR
AITUC
INTUC
NLO
(1969)
INTUC- INDIAN NATIONAL TRADE UNION
CONGRESS
NLO-NATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION

9. Union Movement In India [Contn…]
• Socialist separated and formed HMS in 1948 and
merged with IFL
• Radicals formed UTUC
• BMS(1955)
• HMP(1965)
• CITU(1970)
• HMS-HIND MAZDOOR SABHA
• BMS-BHARATIYA MAZDOOR SANGH
• IFL- INDIAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR
• UTUC-UNITED TRADE UNION
CONGRESS
• HMP-HIND MAZDOOR PANCHAYAT
• CITU-CENTRE OF INDIAN TRADE
UNIONS

10. Present Position Of The Trade Unions
In India
• 8200 trade unions and 70 federations and
confederations registered under the Trade Union
Act,1926.
• Unions has greatly increased but union membership
per union have fallen.
• High degree of unionization in coal, textiles, steel,
railway sectors. White collar unions have also
increased. But unionism negligible in agricultural
areas.
• After the LPG era the lockouts from the employer
have created more pressure in the unbending labour
unions.
• Less support from the political parties

11. The Trade Union Act, 1926
• The trade union act,1926 –allows employees
the right to form and organise unions.
• Min 7 persons is required to form their union
and get it registered under this act.
• If union has been existing for more than 1 year
the statement of asset and liability must be
shown
• The application must contain
1. Name, occupation and address of members.
2. Name of union, its head office details.
3. Details about office bearers

12. SOCIAL SECURITY
IN INDIA

13. Types Of Social Security
Protection given by society to its member
against contingencies like sickness,
unemployment, old age, industrial accidents.
SOCIAL SECURITY
IN INDIA
SOCIAL
INSURANCE
SOCIAL
ASSISTANCE

14. DIFFERENT SOCIAL SECURITY IN INDIA
• THE WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT,1923
• THE EMPLOYEES’ STATE INSURANCE ACT,1948
• THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT,1961
• THE NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT
GUARANTEE ACT,2005
• THE UNORGANIZED SECTOR WORKERS’
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT,2008
• THE DOMESTIC WORKERS ACT,2008
Unorganised
sector

15. THE WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION
ACT,1923
• Renamed as The Employees Compensation Act.
• Compensation to workman who suffers partial or
total incapacity for more than 3 days resulting in a
loss in earning capacity.
• Administration- State Government
• Three conditions for claiming are
1.There must be an injury.
2.It should be caused in an accident other than
worker’s fault.
3. Should be caused during course of employment.

16. THE EMPLOYEES’ STATE INSURANCE
ACT,1948
• Provides medical and unemployment insurance to
industrial workers during their illness.
• Only applicable to employees having wages upto
Rs. 10,000/month
• Administration-Central Government
• Contribution from employee and employer.
• Employee drawing upto Rs.50/day need not
contribute.

17. THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT,1961
• The act provides payment of maternity benefits to
pregnant women. The benefits are:
1. Leave upto 12 weeks.
2. Full wages are paid during this period.
3. Rs. 25 is paid additional if firm offers no free
medical care.
4. Maternity bonus given is Rs. 1000
5. Employee should not work in any other firm.
6. Should have worked for 100 days during her
maternity period

18. Group Life Insurance
• Provides insurance to several employees
working under one employer.
• Premium is paid jointly by the employer and
the employee.
• Since premium is low it is useful to salaried
people in the low income category.

19. Thank
you……….
prepared by
Premuja m. nair
Mba
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