Banning of Trade Unions will be Beneficial in Growth of the Economy

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Samrat said:   1 decade ago
Trade union is a weapon of the disrupted workers. Whenever industrial authority tortures workers to work inhumanly and deprive them from their financial support, helpless workers will be speechless audience due to social and financial impact of the management authority. Growth of economy does mean growth of garner of country with people from different sectors. If workers are deprive of their financial justice, their children will suffer from lack of nutrition, education etc. Food, cloth, home is man's primitive demand. If they deprived of it, they can not work most efficiently. Then also industrial product will be less than the previous. So growth of economy will be victim of it.

We also keep in mind that workers are not like commodities sold in the market. They also have their right to protest against injustice. Besides growth of economy does not mean only growth of the financial garner of country as well as people from the upper rank of society. It is because government of the the people, by the people, for the people. If people from different sectors can live with sufficient financial support, then manpower can be utilized better for the growth of economy.
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Poonam said:   1 decade ago
Hi friends,

According to me trade union couldn't be banned. It is a communication link between employee and employer. Organization is increasing day by day so employer not able to communicate with every employee in a organization. Trade union in that way take the problems of employee and put in front of employer. They help they help the labour in solving their wages, working hour and many more problems. But trade union should know their limits also. They don't think like employer. Communication between organization and trade union should be in proper and right way.
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Megha said:   1 decade ago
According to me, trade union should not be banned. Now a days, industries are increasing in size in order to make country developed one. This enlargement also leading to employement to large no of workers. Hence, as the organisations are increasing so, there is need for an intermediate medium between the management and workers to convey the problems to management. As, management itself can take care of the implementation of policies and securities and comfort of workers. So, in that case, Trade unions play an important role in conveying the problems to the management so that workers do not face any problem and will do their best in order for the development of the organisation.

But one thing is also to be noted that, it can work only if the trade unions do their work honestly.
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Uttara deb said:   8 years ago
Trade unions work as the intermediary between the employer and the employee. They deliver the woes demands and needs of the employees to the employer and negotiate for the betterment of the organisation. If trade unions don't exist there will be chaos in the industry. Management will exploit the plight of the employees. So there should be a well-regulated body in the name of trade unions to work for the benefit of the both. But these days we see trade unions be biased towards the employees and treat management as the culprit. It should be a win win situation for both the parties. And trade unions should not provoke employees to go for random strikes against the management. So sole responsibility lies in the hands of the trade union to negotiate deals in a peaceful manner.
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Abhishek shrivastava said:   1 decade ago
I think banning of trade unions will not be a wise decision as they are the medium of communication for a large pool of employees, particularly laborers, wage earners and other sections of employees who don't have a large influential power on management. Thus trade unions are helpful in putting their demands like hike in wages, leave issues, hire and fire directly to the management. AS the industrialization is increasing, organizations are increasing in size, therefore its not possible for management to approach each and every employee to solve their grievances and therefore trade unions are suitable platforms for such people but simultaneously these trade unions should have tighter control so that they don't become power houses of some few people only pursuing for their personal goals rather than common benefit as we can nowadays trade unions are not realizing goals for what they are meant. With good relationship between management and trade unions, an organisation can grow.
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Sneha Ghosh said:   1 decade ago
Trade union is an association for protecting the socio-economic condition of the workers through collective action. Trade union is the important players in today's industrialized world. The Industrial relation atmosphere depend heavily on trade union activism.

Workers may have various issues related to the work and it is not possible for the management to reach each and every workers. So, if the Trade union is banned, then the workers won't be able to put their problems which may result in the dissatisfaction in doing work, resulting in the loss of profitability of the company.

So, instead of banning trade union, if the relation and approach should be changed. That may result in healthy relationship between the two in an effective and productive manner.
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Rohan said:   1 decade ago
I don't think banning of trade unions is a good decision because trade uniouns are a channel through which the workers. Employers can communicate and put forth thier problems in front of the managemnet. But is is seen that most of the times the trade unioun take unfair advantage of such situation and try to manhandle the management. Which is not acceptable. So thus a governing body should be kept over these trade uniouns and let them perform in the right manner. But banning of trade uniouns is a bit unfair to the employees.
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DSK said:   1 decade ago
I agree with Shally. Trade Union or labour union is the group of employees that makes bargaining with employer to solve the problems of the labours like wages , hiring or firing conditions , work rules , safety ,etc. These unions are the communication links between the employees & employers. So if banning is done workers can't put forward their problems easily & effectively which may leads to work inefficiencies or dissatisfaction in doing work , which finally leads to loss of company. So Trade Unions shouldn't be completely banned but management can put some control over them in order to avoid misuse of power by Trade Unions. If Management & Trade Unions both work together then speed of progress can increase.
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ASWATHY A said:   8 years ago
Trade unions are working for the welfare of workers in firms. The absence of it may lead to exploitation of workers by employers. It put forward the problems of employees to the firms. But trade unions must be transparent. They should not be prone to corruption. It must stand strong for the welfare of employers and also for the growth of the firm.
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Borat said:   9 years ago
Ban them. They destroy competitiveness, productivity, and prosperity. They are easily corruptible, they often (far too often than not) delve into politics and become linked to political parties and breeding grounds of Marxism and other radical anti-business/anti-economic policies. They immobilize protests (loss making activity) and this is despite the fact that many jobs could easily be automated/outsourced or simply replaced (via new employees), thus they're a potential danger/liability to employees (despite claiming otherwise). They radically alter the political environment also, making it difficult for politicians to pass fiscal policies that would genuinely boost prosperity and growth within the economy (ie. Aggressive pro-competitiveness policies), effectively handicapping advanced economies (leveraged nations) to enter a period of inability to adapt to their fiscal/economic needs (ie. Controlling out of control debt, anti-competitive policies, unsustainable pension plans, loss of workers to outsourcing) thus stifling and guaranteeing said nations to a future of "muddling through it" (ie. Europe) and low growth (which in turn only then increases populism/social and political volatility, thus creating a repeating cycle/downward spiral of declining competitiveness and thus declining comparative prosperity). There is a very little real benefit they bring any more. Times (and the business environment) have changed and so have trade unions. The world is now truly global. Most modern trade unions are more a disservice and hindrance to national prosperity and growth than they are beneficial. Thus they should be eliminated. Either that or reformed immensely to reflect the now truly global nature of the business and the absolute importance of competitiveness. In a world of free-trade (or low WTO tariffs) competitiveness is King.
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