Some of the prominent causes of industrial disputes may be listed thus:
Employment: The list here includes disputes over wages, allowances, bonus, benefits, working, condition, unjust dismissals, retrenchment of workers, methods of job evaluation, changes in methods of production, non-implement of awards of tribunals, etc. The National Commission on Labour remarked “though on majority of occasions industrial disputes were based on claims pertaining to the terms and condition of employment, sometimes economic issues of a general character dominated and, on occasion, purely motives”.
Nationalization: Workers protested against the introduction of rationalization, automation, computerization (e.g., Bank unions oppose this move even now) on various occasion, fearing large scale retrenchment.
Administration-related causes: these pertain to ill-treatment, undeserved punishment, verbal abuse, physical assaults, …show more content…
Psychological/social causes: On occasion, family, friends, community, environmental pressures and concerns also instigated the workers to take to the streets.
Institutional causes: Disputes arose on account of institutional factors such as: recognition of unions, membership of unions, scope of collective bargaining, unfair practices.
Political causes: Political leaders have use unions as powerful weapons to build tensions inside a plant/industry with view to satisfy their own private ends on number of occasions, especially in unionised places like Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Culcutta, etc.
2.0 Settlement of Disputes
The different Methods for prevention of industrial Disputes are shown in the chart. Usually they are divided in two groups: A. Voluntary Methods B. Statutory Measures
Each of them is explained in detail.
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2.1 Voluntary Methods
2.1.1 Collective Bargaining
Collective Bargaining is process of joint decision making and basically represents a democratic way of life in industry. It is a technique adopted by two parties to reach an understanding acceptable to both through the process of discussion and