TRADE UNIONS ACT, 1926

Benefits:

The approval will facilitate –

• Recognition of Trade Unions at Central and State level;
  
  
• Ensure true representation of workers in the tripartite bodies;
  
  
• Check on the arbitrary nomination of workers’ representatives by the Government; and
  
  
• Reduce litigations and industrial unrest.
  
  

Opposition to move:

• Most trade unions, however, opposed the proposed amendments, claiming that the government was trying to interfere in their functioning.
  
  
• Ten Central trade unions had earlier written to the Labour Ministry objecting to the draft version of the amendment Bill; the only major stand-out was the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
  
  
• They have alleged that the amendments would give the government final authority in case of disputes within or between the unions.