INDIAN NATIONAL TRADE UNION CONGRESS (INTUC)

BACKGROUND

It was founded on May 3, 1947

Affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation

Membership - 5.6 Million Number of affiliated organzations or unions - 4872

LEADERS

Dr G. Sanjeeva Reddy, President Shri. Rajendra Prasad Singh, General Secretary

Shri. K.K.Nair, Treasurer

Shri. JaiPrakash Chhajed, President (M.S.)

Trade unions primary concern is to protect and promote the economic, social, cultural, political and other interests of their membership, through their activities, functioning and work, they as well endeavor to help promote the interests and welfare of the whole community; That Trade Unions seek to help build up an egalitarian society of social equality and equal opportunity, irrespective of caste, creed, religion, colour or sex, in which alone they firmly believe their highest aspirations and aims and goals can be fully realized;

AIMS AT:
Making INTUC more powerful and effective instrument of social justice and the vanguard of the forces of freedom, democracy and progress. Achieving a membership of one crore within a period of five years. Greater stress on internal democracy and greater involvement of rank and file of the members should be laid to ensure that our affiliates, more truly reflect the aspirations, problems and difficulties of their membership.

OBJECTIVES
To promote generally the social civic and political interest of the working class to secure an effective and complete organization of all categories of workers, including agricultural labor. To guide and co-ordinate the activities of the affiliated organizations. To assist and co-ordinate the activities of the affiliated organizations. To assist in the formation of trade unions To promote the organization of workers of each industry on a nation-wide basis

To assist in the formation of Regional or Pradesh Branches or Federations. To secure speedy improvement of conditions of work and life and of the status of the workers in industry and society. To obtain for the workers various measures of social security, including adequate provision in respect of accidents, maternity, sickness, old age and unemployment. To establish just industrial relations

To secure redressal of grievances, without stoppages of work, by means of negotiations and conciliation and failing these by arbitration or adjudication. To foster the spirit of solidarity, service, brotherhood co-operation and mutual help among the workers.

BHARATIYA KAMGAR SENA ESTABLISHMENT - 1967

SHIV SENA PHILOSOPHY

"Our philosophy is, the workers can earn their livelihood only if the factory runs. Not surprisingly, managements are happy.Chandrashekhar Malhotra, general manager (personnel and industrial relations) at Nirlon: "Unlike other unions, the BKS' commitment to production and discipline gives a very comfortable feeling."

SHIV SENA UNION

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray shared a wish with his aides: he wanted to see the saffron flag fluttering atop every industrial unit in Maharashtra. Thackeray has realised his long-cherished dream when the Sena gained control of the Government in the state. Boys of the Bharatiya Kamgar Sena (BKS), the labour arm of the Sena, have perfected a new brand of trade unionism to oblige their helmsman.

The Sena union now controls 600 units in the organised sector and commands the support of over 1.5 lakh workers, according to its president, Ramakant More. Its major rivals, the CPI-affiliated All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and the CPI(M)-led Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU). The BKS writ now runs among the workers of major companies such as Reliance Industries Ltd, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Telco, Godrej Soaps, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) and Nirlon, as well as some of the five-star hotels in the state.

ACTIVITIES DONE BY SENA

The BKS is also reaping the benefits of a 'strike fatigue' syndrome. It is more amenable than other unions to technological change and programmes for improving quality as well as productivity. For instance, at l&t last year, the union offered to meet the management halfway for raising the quality levels in the company. The union's link with the rabble-rousing Sena is working to its advantage in spreading its clout and having its way.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SHIV SENA

Shiv Sena and industry Industrialists were generally satisfied with the Sena's cloutsince Sena leader Thackeray's draconian control over the employees would ensure a peaceful work environment

Claims of benefits to Maharashtrians Supporters of the Sena have claimed that the party has benefited the Marathi Manus (Marathi man) in Mumbai, especially in the public sector.[However, the Sena has allegedly done little to solve the problem of unemployment facing a large proportion of Maharashtrian youth during its tenure, in contradiction to its ideological foundation of 'sons of the soil. Dharavi emancipation The Sena claims to have played a central role in the emancipation of 500,000 slum dwellers in the Dharavi,area of Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia. The state's policy of giving free houses to slum dwellers has been mired in controversy ever since it was introduced by the Shiv Sena-BJP government a decade ago.

Improvements in infrastructure The sena has been active in trying to improve infrastructure in maharashtra, particularly in the financial capital of mumbai. Nearly 55 flyovers in mumbai and navi mumbai and the mumbai-pune expressway were constructed under the shiv sena administration.

CONCLUSION
If the Sena fulfils its election pledge to repeal the Act, the bks could gain a foothold in the mills, most of which are coveted for their prized land. BKS is now aiming to move beyond Maharashtra and set up a national body-to be christened the Hindustan Shetkari Kamgar Sena-comprising all the 14 trade unions of the Sena. The BKS model of trade unionism, with its stress on ties with employers, is no longer its monopoly.

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