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Unit 10: Trade Unions Act, 1926

10.6 Keywords Notes

Amalgamation: The combination of one or more companies into a new entity.

Authorities: Institutionalized and legal power inherent in a particular job, function, or position
that is meant to enable its holder to successfully carry out his or her responsibilities.
Commissioner: Commissioner is in principle the title given to a member of a commission or to an
individual who has been given a commission.
Dissolution: The closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body.
Industrial Relations: Industrial relations are the relationships between employees and employers
within the organizational settings.
Intervention: An intervention is a deliberate process by which change is introduced into peoples’
thoughts, feelings and behaviors.

Penalty: A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract.
Registration: Entering certain information in a register, such as about invoices or mail delivered
or received.
Statutory: Established, regulated or imposed by or in conformity with laws passed by a legislative
body.
Trade Union: Trade union is a voluntary organization of workers pertaining to a particular
trade, industry or a company and formed to promote and protect their interests and welfare by
collective action.
Workmen: A man employed to do manual labor.

10.7 Review Questions

1. Define Trade union.

2. What are the objectives of Trade Union?
3. Highlight the basic provisions of Trade Union.
4. Discuss the features of Trade Union Act.
5. Describe the Scope and Coverage of Trade Union Act.

6. Write brief note on All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC).
7. Throw some light on the 2 Mode of Registration of Trade Union.
8. Discuss Appeal in Trade Union Act.
9. Describe Amalgamation of Trade Union.
10. What are the Penalties in Trade Union?

Answers: Self Assessment

1. True 2. False

3. True 4. False
5. AITUC 6. INTUC
7. HMS 8. CITU

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