Analyse the limitations of the Trade Union Movement in India.

Limitations of the Trade Union Movement in India:

Limitations of the Trade Union Movement in India are as follows:

1 Under the Act the registration of trade union in not compulsory but is merely voluntary.

The National Commission on Labour is of the view that the registration of trade unions should be made compulsory because this will ensure application of uniform standards of functioning and organisation to all, unions and will prevent fraud, embezzlement and deception practised by some of the unscrupulous office bearers of these unions.

2 At present, any seven persons can form a union and claim to represent the workers. This has resulted in a mushroom growth of unions in every organisation.

For example, there are as many as 124 workers’ unions in the Steel Authority of India Limited. 79 in Heavy Engineering Corporation and 48 in Damodar Valley Corporation.

3 The Act does not prescribe any time-limit for the grant or refusal of registration by the registrar. 

It only imposes a statutory duty upon the Registrar to register a trade union if he is satisfied that the requirements of the statute have been complied with.

4 The Act does not empower the Registrar to refuse registration of trade union in cases where one or more unions are already in existence in the plant or industry.

It is, therefore, suggested that in order to curb multiplicity of unions the Registrar of Trade Unions should be empowered lo refuse to register more than one union in one plant or industry.

5 At present, 50% of the executives of a union can be outsiders. The role of outsiders, of late, has come under fire.

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