Full-time Trade Union Leaders & the Societal Context: The Bosses & Deputies
Published: 2016
Author(s) Name: Pravin J. Patel |
Author(s) Affiliation: Former Vice-Chancellor, Sardar Patel University & former Prof. of Sociology, M.S. Univ. of Baroda.
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Abstract
The weakness of the contemporary trade union movement is mostly attributed to the introduction of economic reforms and
new labor practices of the postliberalization
era. This, however, neglects the role of the trade union leaders and the social milieu
in which they functioned. Based on a micro-level study of full-time trade union leaders of
the pre-liberal period of Baroda
city, Gujarat, this paper argues:(i) the social milieu constricted the influence of full-time leaders and (ii) the trade union leadership constituted an influence
structure, consisting of a hierarchy of leaders designated as Bosses and Deputies.
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