Labour unions or trade unions are organizations formed by workers from related fields that work for the common interest of its members. They help workers in issues like fairness of pay, good working environment, hours of work and benefits. They represent a cluster of workers and provide a link between the management and workers.
The purpose of these unions is to look into the grievances of wagers and present a collective voice in front of the management. Hence, it acts as the medium of communication between the workers and management.
Regulation of relations, settlement of grievances, raising new demands on behalf of workers, collective bargaining and negotiations are the other key principle functions that these trade unions perform.
The Indian Trade Union Act, 1926, is the principle act which controls and regulates the mechanism of trade unions. In India, political lines and ideologies influence trade union movements. This is the reason why today political parties are forming and running trade unions.
Even after so much goodness, many times there is a difference of opinion among the members of the trade union, either because of the old rivalry, the leaders have many issues which cannot come together in the interest of the members.
Whenever a member or a group of members disagree with the point of their leader, or there is a difference of opinion in it, in such a situation, the Trade Union Act 1926 (Section 14) allows both the parties to work together to solve their problems in labour court.
But even after this taken step, if the labor court fails to reach a settlement between the parties, the labor commissioner grants permission to either of the parties to approach the industrial court. With whose reference they can give their application in the industrial court. Generally, the Industrial Court hears the arguments of both the parties and takes proper decision.The Industrial Court does not make any haste and gives its decision in the interest of both the parties comfortably after listening to both the sides.
The decision given by the Industrial Court is generally limited to the next election process of the trade union. The Industrial Court under its supervision also ensures that the upcoming election process is fair so that the future of the members of the trade union can be made beneficial.
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