Multiplicity of Trade Unions: Issues and Challenges in Sri Lanka
Published: 2013
Author(s) Name: Prasadini N. Gamage |
Author(s) Affiliation: Sr. Lecturer, Dept. of HRM, Faculty of Comm. and Mgt. Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
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Abstract
The history of trade unionism in
Sri Lanka dates back to 1890s
when the first formal organization
of employees emerged. With
the enactment of the Trade
Unions Ordinance in 1935 employees
got the opportunity to
legally register their trade
union. However, since then
politicization and multiplicity
have crippled the entire trade
union movement. The author
identifies the desire of the political
parties to popularize their
political agenda and the loopholes
in the legal framework on
trade unions as the two most significant
causes for this situation.
The evidence also proves that
multiplicity is significant in the
public sector than in the private
sector. Multiplicity of trade
unions also hampers the principle
of collective bargaining as
it reduces the trade union membership
density.
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