PPT ON Trade union movement

1. Smt.PRIYA.KULKARNI
Assistant Professor
Dept.of Economics
GFGC Collage ,Chickkbasur

2. CONTENTS
Introduction
A brief history
Membership and growth
Defects of trade union movement in India
Measures to strengthen the movement
Conclusion

3. INTRODUCTION
 The first quarter of the twentieth centuary saw the
birth of the trade union movement in India.
S. S Bangalee , M. Lokhande and others successed in
forming trade unions,organising strikes and in general
bettering the conditions of the working class. However
it was not untill the close of First World War that the
modern trade union movement really took permanent
roots in Indian soil.

5. MEANING OF TRADE UNION
 Trade unions are voluntary organisations formed to promote
and protect the interest of the workers through collective
action.

6.  The credit of the first association of Indian workers is generally
given to Bombay Mill Hands Association founded by N M
Lokhande in 1890.
 The first clearly registered trade union is considered to be The
Madras Labour Union founded by B P Wadia in 1918.
 The first trade union Federation was set up in 1920 as the All
India trade Union Congress(AITUC)
History of Trade Union Movement in
India

7. History of Trade Union Movement in
India
 In 1926 The Trade unions act was passed which was a land
mark in the history of the trade union movement in the country.
 The Second World War gave a fillip to trade union movement
and there was a marked increase in the number of unions and
of organised workers.

8. History of Trade Union Movement in
India
 After Independence the country was plunged into growing
unemployment.
 The Indian trade union congress (INTUC) was started and
it was controlled by the congress party.
 The Hind Mazoodor Sabha(HMS) was started in 1948 by
praja socialist party.

9. History of Trade Union Movement in
India
 In 1949 THe United trade union congress(UTUC) was
formed.
 The liberalisation policies led to the stagnation in the number
of Unionised formal sector workers.
 A gradual shift in focus about the importance of informal sector
and informal employment in the formal sector from the late
1990s.

10. History of Trade Union Movement
in India
 The central trade union organisations enrolled these workers
and subsequently led to increase in union membership.
 Almost all the CTUOs now have atleast 20% of their official
members coming from informal sector.

12. MEMBERSHIP OF TRADE UNIONS
 The trade unions are registered under Trade union Act of
1926.
 Statistics on trade unions are collected once in a decade by the
Labour Bureau of the Ministry of labour govt of India.

 As per latest data released for 2012,there were 16712 trade
unions.

13. 6 Major Central Trade Union
of India
(1) The Indian Nationa TradeUnionCongress(INTUC)
(2) The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
(3)The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC):
(4) The Hind Mazdoor Sangh (H.M.S.):
(5) The United Trade Union Congress (UTUC):
(6) The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU):

14. MEMBERSHIP OF TRADE UNIONS

15. DEFECTS OF TRADE UNION
MOVEMENT
(a) Predominance of small sized unions.
(b) Poor finance of the unions on account of small
size and small subscription.
(c) Absence of whole time paid officers.
(d) Lack of loyalty of workers.
(e) Nature of the working class.
(f) Political affiliations
(g) Outside leadership
(h) Inefficiency

16. MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN THE
MOVEMENT
(a) Need for unity.
(b) Eliminating unhealthy political interference.
(c) One union ,one industry
(d) Working class leadership
(e) Responsible trade union leadership
(f) Responsibilities of workers
(g) Greater usefulness of unions

17. conclusion
 Trade union movement has a bright future, provided some
of the suggestions mentioned above are followed.
 It is highly satisfying that the government is attaching
grear importance to the development of trade unionism on
healthy lines.

18. References
 Planning commission,second five year plan,p,572
 V V Giri,op,cit,p.44
 Indian Economy-KPM Sundaram & Rudradutt
 Indian Economy-Mishra & Puri