USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Strike is an important weapon in the hands of the labour used to strengthen his bargaining power. Though right to strike is a statutory and a legal right however it cannot be said to be a fundamental right and this view has been reiterated by the Supreme Court in various decisions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nowadays a right to strike is recognized only to a limited extent permissible under the limits laid down by the law itself, as a legitimate weapon of Trade Unions. The right to strike in the Indian constitution set up is not an absolute right but it flows from the fundamental right to form a union.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of a trade union’s main aims is to protect and advance the interests of its members in the workplace. Most trade unions are independent of any employer. However, trade unions try to develop close working relationships with employers.

Detailed explanation-4: -The trade union movement (trade unionism) consists of the collective organisation of working people developed to represent and campaign for better working conditions and treatment from their employers and, by the implementation of labour and employment laws, from their governments.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first organized Trade Union in India the Madras Labour Union was established in 1918.