Unionization & Collective Bargaining in the Unorganized Sector
Published: 2012
Author(s) Name: Ratna Sen
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Abstract
One of the effects of globalization
has been the increase in
unorganized or non-standard
work, especially in a developing
country like India, where 93%
of the workforce is estimated to
belong to this category. There is
a huge variety of such workers,
not only in the informal sector/
unregistered sector, or the selfemployed,
but also those working
in the formal sector but remaining
outside the purview of
labour laws, social security,
minimum wages and working
conditions. Trade unions have
been successful in organizing at
least some of them, and even in
bargaining collectively on their
behalf. Two large industries [in
terms of employment], viz. Beedi
workers and Brick Kiln workers
are examined in this paper,
based on actual documents and
interviews with trade union leaders.
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