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Unit 11: Trade Unions Act, 1926

 The Trade Unions Act, 1926 has defined the role of trade unions and also set certain Notes
controlling mechanisms and its main aims and objectives of this Act emphasizes on the
reciprocal relationship between the employers and employees.
 Trade dispute can be defined as, any disputes that arises in between, employers and
workmen, workmen and workmen or employers and employers, in connection of
employment or non-employment or the terms of employment or the conditions of labour,
of any person.

 Any seven or more members of a Trade Union may be subscribing their names to the rules
of the Trade Union complying with the provisions of this Act with respect to registration,
apply for its registration.

 Unless the agreement is an agreement to commit an offence as under section 15, no officers
or members of a registered Trade Union shall be liable to punishment under sub-section
(2) of Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code.
 In the present shape, the Trade Union Act, 1926 does not serve the purpose and requires
immediate amendment to make it more useful.
 The non-existence of provisions on Recognition of Trade Unions makes the Collective
Bargaining processes absolutely difficult and industry faces acute difficulties in shape of
inter-union rivalry and multiplicity of trade unions, having no or negligible following.

11.6 Keywords

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.

11.7 Review Questions

1. Write short not on trade union.
2. What are the objectives of trade union?

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