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after globalisation context what are the recent trends in
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taken place in IR due to globalizatioon:Competition on the basis of cheap labour:Globalization and increased competition has lead to less strikes,
lockouts and less man days lost due to strikes. Also now in the era of
knowledge industry employees are educated and thus dont believe
in violent activities. They are having responsibilities in cut throat
competition and also are aware of their rights well leading to decline
in strikes. Employers also avoid lockouts because decline in
production for even hours results in heavy losses so forget about
days or weeks.
Disinvestment: - it affects IR in following ways:_
It changes ownership, which may bring out changes not only in work
org and employment but also in trade union (TU) dynamics.
It changes the work organization by necessitating retaining and
redeployment.
It affects the right of workers and Trade unions, including job/union

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employment opportunities
industrial relations

security, income security, and social security.

labour laws
Trade unions, mgt and government are responding to these
challenges through various types of new, innovative, or model

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arrangements to deal with different aspects of disinvestment like

night shifts

XMaking workers the owners through issue of shares or controlling

payment of wages

interests (latter is still not in India)

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social security

trade union
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XNegotiating higher compensation for voluntary separations

XSafeguarding existing benefits
XSetting up further employment generating programs, and

trade unions

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XProposals for setting up new safety nets that not only include
unemployment insurance but also skills provisions for redundant
workers.
Deregulation: - it is tried to ensure that pubic sector/ government
employees receive similar protection as is provided in
public/government employment. The worst affected are the pension
provisions. this means, usually a reduction in pension benefits and an
uncertainty concerning future provision of pension benefit due to

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XThe absence of government guarantees

XFalling interest rates
XInvestment of pension funds in stock markets
Decentralization of IR is seen in terms of the shift in consideration of

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the whole industry can be paralyzed because of conflict in IR. But

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IR issues from macro to micro and from industry to enterprise level.

when the dispute is at the bank level, in the absence of centralized

coordination by Trade unions only work in that bank is paralyzed and
the other banks function normally. This weakens the bargaining power
of unions.

Wage Settlement Agreement Disciplinary Actions

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New actors and the emerging dynamics: - Earlier IR was mainly

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concerned with Trade unions, mgt and government but now

consumers and the community are also a part of it. When the right s
of consumers and community are affected, the rights of workers and
unions and managers / employers take a back seat. Hence there is
ban on bandh and restrictions even on protests and dharnas.
Increasingly Trade unions are getting isolated and see a future for
them only by aligning themselves with the interests of the wider
society.
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This leads to decline in strength and power of Trade unions if not in
numbers. Unions have to make alliances with the society, consumers
and community and various civil society institutions otherwise they will
find themselves dwindling.

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Declining TU density
In government and public sectors workforce is declining because of
non-filling of vacancies and introduction of voluntary / early separation
schemes. New employment opportunities are shrinking in these
sectors.
In the private sectors particularly in service and software sector, the
new, young, and female workers are generally less eager to join
unions.

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Workers militancy replaced by employer militancy

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Due to industrial conflicts

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In 1980-81man days lost = 402.1 million

In 1990-91man days lost = 210 million
Not because of improved IR but because of the fear of job security,

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concern about the futility of strikes, and concern to survive their

organization for their income survival.
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is significant shift from strikes to law suits. Instead of pressing for

higher wages and improved benefits, Trade unions are pressing for
maintenance of existing benefits and protection and claims over nonpayment of agreed wages and benefits.
Collective Bargaining
Level of collective bargaining is shrinking day by day.
Some more information:In India, while labour is in the Concurrent List, state labour regulations
are an important determinant of industrial performance. The Survey
notes evidences that states that had enacted more pro-worker
regulations, had lost out on industrial production in general.
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However, on the upside, the Survey said there was a secular decline
in the number of strikes and lockouts during 2000-04. The total
number of strikes and lockouts went down 13.6% from 552 in 2003 to
477 in 2004. The decline was sharper in the number strikes than in
lockouts, it noted.
While most of the strikes and lockouts were in private sector
establishments, overall industrial relations had improved, especially
between 2003 and 2004, when there was a decline in the number of
mandays lost by 6.39 million.
Among states, the maximum number of strikes and lockouts were in
Left-ruled West Bengal, followed by Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. The
sectors which saw instances of industrial disturbance were primarily
textiles, engineering, chemical and food product industries.
Stressing on the importance of labour reforms to enhance
productivity, competitiveness and employment generation, the Survey
noted that a beginning had already been made in that direction. For
instance, in the current year, there was a proposal to enhance the
wage ceiling from Rs 1,600 per month to Rs 6,000 per month through
The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act 2005. Also, the proposal to
empower the central government to further enhance the ceiling in
future by way of notification is already in effect from November 9,
2005.
As regards women working on night shifts, The Factories
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(Amendment) Bill 2005, was under consideration to provide them

flexibility and safety.
Also, to simplify the procedure for managements to maintain
registers and filing returns, an amendment of Labour Laws
(Exemption from Furnishing returns and maintaining Registers by
Certain Establishments) Act 1988, was under consideration.

I hope this information would be useful for all........

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