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.
