ROLE OF TRADE UNIONS IN MAINTAINING INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

 

The trade unions have a crucial role to play
in maintaining smooth industrial relations. It is true that the unions have to
protect and safeguard the interests of the workers through collective bargaining. 

Responsibilities of Trade Unions in maintaining industrial relations

But at the same time, they have equal responsibility to see that the
organizations do not suffer on account of their direct actions such as strikes,
even for trivial reasons.
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They must be able to understand and appreciate the problems of
management and must adopt a policy of ‘give and take’ while bargaining with the
management.

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Trade unions must understand that both management and workers depend on
each other and any sort of problem on either side will do harm to both sides.
Besides public are also affected, particularly when the institutions involved
are public utility organizations.

Trade union relationship vis-à-vis management
is conditioned by accepting the fact that management presents an indissoluble
partnership amongst interest, power and responsibility in the societal context.

ROLE OF TRADE UNIONS IN MAINTAINING INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Appreciation of Workers expectations

Trade Union relationship vis-à-vis workers
implied that it should appreciate workers’ aspirations and expectations that
trade union is essentially a protective, friendly society, meant primarily to
manage and handle their economic, social and cultural problems.

Angel Malama

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