3. 1810 First trade union was established in US.
Trade union movement started in India with
the forming of Bombay mill hands
association in 1890 by N.K . Lokhands.
Amalgamated society of railways servants,
printer union of Calcutta in 1905, madras and
Calcutta postal unions 1907 were other
associations formed in the beginning of this
movement.
there were no trade unions in true sense but
rather social org.
4. The main aim of these org. were to promote
welfare activities and spread literacy among
workers.
Not affiliated to any central org / federation
The trade union movement developed fast
particularly during and after world war 1.
The factors like economic due to rise cost of
living ,
emergences of union leadership contributed
to development of trade unionism in india.
5. Number of unions such as Indian seamen’s
union in Calcutta and Bombay , Punjab press
union employees formed with a view to
ameliorate(bad) the condition of working
class.
Number of nationalist leaders like C.R.Dass,
Moti lal Nehru, jawahar lal nehru . Subas
Chander Bose V.V. GIRI, S,A Danges S, V
Ghate .
In 1920 all India trade union congress
(AITUC) was formed under the leadership of
lala lajpat rai.
6. A landmark in the history of labor
movement was enactment of the trade
unions act 1926
AITUC split and all india trade union
federation (AITUF) was formed N. M Joshi.
AITCU had another split in 1931 and Red
trade union congress (RTUC) was formed by
B.T ranadive and S.V. Deshpande.
In 1935 RTUC merged into AITCU and in
1940 NTUF also merged with AITCU
7. In 1947 INTUC (Indian national trade union
congress)
Socialist later formed Hind mazdoor
panchayat (H.M.S) IN 1962
Confederation Free trade union .