sociological aaproach of trade union

1. SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH OF TRADE
UNION
Prepared By :-
Mr. Igo Kamduk
MBA-14/06

2. According to Frank Tannenbaum
Frank Tannenbaum says that the trade union is the organized expression of the
socially inevitable grouping of men in modern industry.
The union gives the worker a fellowship and a value system that he shares with
others like him.

3. Frank Tannenbaum Theory
• Frank Tannenbaum technological theory of trade unionism came to light in
his philosophy of labour 1921.
• He believes that the trade union movement is the result of the machine. He
emphasizes that mode of production where machines are used either in
factory, mine or the industry, is responsible for the birth of trade unions.
• Trade union are the by product of an industrial society in which automation
has destroyed the old way of life and robbed the workers of his identity.

4. The role of Trade unions
• The union returns to the workers his “Society”
• It is social and ethical system, not merely an economic one.
• Rebuild our industrial system.
• It ensures work with Good life.

5. According to Webbs trade union may be defined
as
“A continuous association of wage earners for the purpose
of maintaining or improving of their working lives”
According to the above definition the trade union is a continuous
association and this element of continuity gives shape to the trade
union movement.

6. Sociological approach
According to Webbs the goals of trade unions are not merely increase of wages
and reduction of working hours but reconstruction of society by elimination
of capitalist society. He rejects the concept of profit making but encourages
the system of profit sharing.

7. Democracy
In order to achieve this object he advocates the “Genuine democratic control
of industry”. He further explains trade union emerges not from any institution
but from every opportunity for bringing together of wage earners of the same
occupation.

8. The origin of bargaining
He says because of pressure from the customers who always seek good quality
goods pressurizes the employer to maintain quality and in order to maintain
quality he spends more and always tries to lower the wages because of which
workers would start bargaining.

9. Duty of the trade union
To ensure Living Wage, By living wage Webbs meant a definite quota of
education, sanitation, leisure and wages for every grade of worker in every
industry”.
He named living wage a national minimum and it is the primary duty of the
trade unions in the democratic state to achieve national minimum and for that
the states intervention is imperative.

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