Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) is the trade union wing of the Indian National Congress.To establish an order of society which is free from hindrance in the way on an all round development of its individual members, which fosters the growth of human personality in all its aspects and goes to the utmost limit in progressively eliminating social political or economic exploitation and inequality, the profit motive in the economic activity and organisation of society and the anti-social concentration in any form.

1. INDIAN NATIONAL TRADE
UNION CONGRESS
JAYANTI SAXENA

2. AGENDA POINTS
•TRADE UNION
•NEED
•TRADE UNION OF INDIA Vs AMERICAN TRADE UNION
•INTUC
•INTUC’S GENESIS
•OBJECTIVES OF INTUC
•AFFILIATION
•WORKS OF INTUC
•ACHIEVEMENTS
•CONTROVERSY
•CASE

3. TRADE UNION
An organized association of workers in a trade,
group of trades, or profession, formed to
protect their rights and interests.

4. NEED OF TRADE UNIONS
Unions are important because
• they help set the standards for education, skill
levels, wages, working conditions, and quality
of life for workers.
• Union-negotiated wages and benefits are
generally superior to what non-union workers
receive.
• Most union contracts provide far more
protections than state and federal laws.

5. TRADE UNION IN INDIA
Vs.
TRADE UNION IN AMERICA
• TRADE UNIONS IN INDIA are registered and file annual
returns under the Trade Union Act (1926). Statistics on
Trade Unions are collected annually by the Labour
Bureau of the Ministry of Labour, Government of
India. The Trade Union movement in India is largely
divided along political lines and follows a pre-
Independence pattern of overlapping interactions
between political parties and unions. The net result of
this type of system is debated as it has both
advantages and disadvantages.

6. • The American Labor Union (ALU) was a radical labor
organization launched as the Western Labor Union (WLU)
in 1898.
• The officers consisted of a President, Vice-President,
Secretary-Treasurer, and an Executive Board of nine
members, which included the President and Vice-president.
The officers were elected biennially by a referendum vote
of the general membership.
• The government was more centralized than the typical
federation of trade unions of the time. For example, the
executive board could depose any general officer, and
affiliated organizations were not permitted to strike
without the approval of the executive board.
TRADE UNION IN AMERICA

7. ABOUT INTUC
Full name Indian National Trade Union Congress
Founded 3 May 1947
Members 33.3 Million(Claimed)
Affiliation ITUC
Key person Dr. G. Sanjeeva Reddy President
Office location 4, Bhai Veer Singh Marg, New Delhi.

8. NEED OF INTUC
• The workers in India are only a section of the people and not a class
apart. The culture and their tradition form part of the common
heritage of the people of India. In organizing them and seeking the
redressel of their grievances, ways and means have to be evolved in
consonance with our condition.
• What is required is an indigenous movement having its roots in the
Indian and soil. Such a movement has for long been in existence
and has attained a remarkable center. A new organization, that
would give the correct lead to the working class and strives to
established social justice, peace and security with a constitution
and working. Which would be essentially democratic giving every
one of its constituent units ample scope for free expression of
views and action has become imperative.

9. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, in his presidential address to
unique congregation of national leader like Pandit
Javaharlal Nehru, Jagjivan Ram, Aruna Asaf Ali, Ram
Manohar Lohia, G. Ramanujam, V.V. David, and many
others had all gathered at conference, held at the
Constitution Club, New Delhi on May 3 and 4 ,1947 ,
determined to form a new trade union centre, that:
• voice the genuine demands for realizing the aspirations
of the working class in the country,
• at the same time keeping the national interest
foremost in view.

10. Birth and growth of INTUC
• The foundation of INTUC on 3 May 1947-just 3
months before India attained independence.
• Acharya JB Kripalani, who was then President
of the Indian National Congress inaugurated
the Founding conference of INTUC which was
presided over by Sardar Vallabhai Patel.

11. Objectives of INTUC
• To establish an order of society which is free from hindrance in the
way on an all round development of its individual members, which
fosters the growth of human personality in all its aspects and goes
to the utmost limit in progressively eliminating social political or
economic exploitation and inequality, the profit motive in the
economic activity and organization of society and the anti-social
concentration in any form.
• To place industry under national ownership and control in suitable
form in order to realise the aforesaid objectives in the quickest
time.
• To organise society in such a manner as to ensure full employment
and the best utilisation of its manpower and other resources.
• To secure increasing association of the worker in the
administration of industry and their full participation in its control.

12. OBJECTIVES
• To guide and co-ordinate the activities of the
affiliated organizations.
• To assist and co-ordinate the activities of the
affiliated organizations.
• To assist in the formation of trade unions.
• To promote the organization of workers of each
industry on a nationwide basis.
• To assist in the formation of Regional or Pradesh
Branches or Federations.

13. OBJECTIVES
• To obtain for the workers various measures of social
security, including adequate provision in respect of
accidents, maternity, sickness, old age and
unemployment.
• To secure a living wage for every worker in normal
employment and to bring about a progressive
improvement in the workers standard of living.
• To regulate hours and other conditions of work in
keeping with the conditions of the workers and to
ensure the proper enforcement of legislation for the
protection and up-lift of labour.
• To establish just industrial relations.

14. OBJECTIVES
• To take recourse to other legitimate method, including
strikes or any suitable form of satyagraha, where
adjudication is not applied and settlement of disputes
within a reasonable time by arbitration is not available for
the redress of grievances.
• To make necessary arrangements for the efficient conduct
satisfactory and speedy conclusion of authorized strikes or
satyagraha.
• To foster the spirit of solidarity, service, brotherhood co-
operation and mutual help among the workers.
• To develop in the workers a sense of responsibility towards
the industry and community.
• To raise the workers' standard of efficiency and discipline.

15. OBJECTIVES
• To promote generally the social civic and political
interest of the working class to secure an effective and
complete organisation of all categories of workers,
including agricultural labour.
• To secure redressal of grievances, without stoppages of
work, by means of negotiations and conciliation and
failing these by arbitration or adjudication.
• To secure speedy improvement of conditions of work
and life and of the status of the workers in industry and
society.

16. AFFILIATIONS
• Any trade union of workers/association of employed
person, whether registered under the Trade Unions Act
or any other statute, accepting the objects, means and
other obligations under the Constitution may seek
affiliation to the INTUC.
• The Financial year of INTUC shall be from 1st April to
31st March.

17. WORKS BY INTUC
 INTUC to Start Campaign for Implementation of Street Vender
Act
 INTUC to fight for workers of unorganized sector-Indian
National Trade Union Congress ( INTUC ) today said the labor
outfit is focusing on organizing the unorganized segment
workers who form majority of the country's workforce.
 INTUC’s Kerala Unit influenced MNREGA by taking the welfare
of workers to a next level and not keeping it confined to UPA
Govt’s. act.
 INTUC to open unit at Bengal’s IT sector.
 INTUC’s Kerala Unit aims at enhancing the livelihood security
of people in rural areas

18. WORKS…
 The INTUC’s Kerala Unit has engaged itself with
MNREGA to make the employee welfare work
"certainly accountable" so as the work distribution and
its implementation will be improved.
 INTUC’s Youth Wing urged the state government to fix
the prescribed fee structure for the private schools in
Chamba district and pleaded for abolishing redundant
funds, including donations.
 Recently, INTUC submitted a memorandum to solve
the problems of 3.30 crore labourers in the country,
however, the government never responded.

19. ACHIEVEMENTS
 The congress supported , INTUC ranks second in the
list of 10 central unions with 38 lakh members.
 INTUC MEETING WITH HON'BLE PRIME MINISTER.
24th January, 2006 was an historic landmark in the
annals of INTUC. The members of the working
committee and State Presidents led by President
called upon Hon’ble Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan
Singh. A memorandum on various issues concerning
working class was presented to Hon’ble Prime
Minister.
 Hon’ble Prime Minister gave patient hearing to
various issues brought to his attention by President
INTUC and had pleasant and warm interaction.

20. ACHIEVEMENTS
 INTUC joined hands with CITU(Centre of Indian Trade
Unions) on the demand and the matter took a highly
crystallized shape of an official joint Forum with many
other important tea trade unions of other political
forces in it.
 As a more important development, INTUC Assam unit
has also joined hands with the movement giving it
Eastern Indian shape.
 INTUC plans to spread influence in MNREGA in big way.

21. CONTROVERSY
• KORBA- INTUC’s Balco unit has mostly been
under the alligations of not keeping the rights
of the workers leading to strikes for the same.

22. CASE
Kerala High Court
K.S.E.W. Union (Intuc) vs The Industrial Tribunal on 4 October, 2005
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.VINOD CHANDRAN
MONDAY,THE 12TH DAY OF JANUARY 2015/22ND POUSHA, 1936

23. PETITIONER :
K.S.E.W. UNION (INTUC),
REG.NO.467/76, VANDIPERIYAR
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT.
BY ADV. SRI.M.R.RAJESH
RESPONDENT(S) :
1. THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL,
IDUKKI.
2. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR,
PLACKADU ESTATE, VANDIPERIYAR.

24. GLIMPSE OF THE CASE…
• The case is regarding verbal assault between a worker of INTUC and
his Supervisor.
• Three enquiries were conducted related to this case.
• Industrial Tribunal considered the validity of the enquiry as a
preliminary point.
• In the 1st enquiry the worker’s complaint was heard and taken into
consideration by the Tribunal.
• The second enquiry relating to an earlier proceeding having been
revived; clearly discloses the intention of the management to
somehow sent the workman out of employment.
• The workman himself took a back from the entire happening; tried
to resolve as there was verbal assault from both the parties.
• INTUC tried to work in favor of it’s worker but along with it trusted
blindly on him.
• As punishment, the worker was allowed only to work for 10 days in
a month.

25. Problems with trade unions in India?
• There are too many small unions instead of one large
union.
• This reduces their bargaining powers.
• Moreover, small trade unions do have a conflict of
interest.
• In India, political parties support some large trade
unions. This politicises them.
• Politicisation means compromise with workers’
interests.
• Most of the labour force is uneducated.

26. • Lack of education among the labour force leads to an
improper representation of the workforce.
• Unregistered unions do not get protection from civil
and criminal liability.
• The trade unions act does not apply to the informal
sector.
• A large section of the workforce is not represented.
• Trade unions are often under-financed.
• This means that they do not function to their full
potential.