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ROLE OF TRADE UNIONS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

Table of Contents
I. Introduction 1
II. Historical Development of Trade Union 1
III. History of Trade Union in India 2 1. Trade Union in India: Formation of First Union Association 2 2. Trade Union in India: Formation of the First Trade Union 3
IV. Phases of Trade Union in India 3 1. First phase: 3 2. Second phase: 3 3. Third phase: 3 4. Fourth phase: 3
V. Trade Unions and Related Legislation in India 4 1. The Trade Unions Act, 1926 4 2. Registration of Trade Unions 4 3. Application for Registration 4
VI. Functions of Trade Unions 4
VII. Objectives of Trade Unions 5
VIII. Reasons for Workers to Join Trade Unions 5
IX. Issues 6 1. Unionization and employment 6 2. Wages and working conditions 6 3. Industrial conflict 6 4. Labour management relations 7 5. Changing public perception of trade unions 7
X. Future role of Trade Unions Internationally 7
XI. Future role of Trade Unions in India 8
XII. Trade Unions Failure in India- Maruti Manesar 9 XIII. Trade Unions Failure in Turkey- 2008 crisis 9
XIV. Conclusion 10
XV. Bibliography 11

I. II. Introduction
Just 1 per cent of the world’s population owns 40 per cent of the world’s wealth, while 60 per cent have to share just 1.9 per cent of it. Most workers have no employment security and billions earn less than a dollar a day. The pursuit of profit trumps the health of people and the future of the planet. Economic growth does not translate into common prosperity. Billions of workers have no say in their working conditions; many are threatened, intimidated, fired and in the worst cases thrown into prison or killed by hired gunmen when they demand their basic human rights of freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial democracy.

Those who profit from this world disorder tell us that these are the inevitable side-effects of market dynamism, which



Bibliography: 1. www.global-labour-university.org 2. www.businesseconomics.in 3. www.nishithdesai.com 4. www.ilo.org 5. www.britannica.com

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