Indian labour movement

The book presents a chronological documentation of the growth of the trade union movement in India and is an outcome of the author's intimate association with labour for well over four decades. It covers developments up to the end of 1988..

While tracing the growth of industry and industrial relations, as well as developments in the political, economic and social life of the country, pertinent and relative to the trade union movement, the book lays particular emphasis on the need for a new culture in industrial relations.

Indian democracy has come of age with its firm commitment to socialism. The public sector has been assigned the commanding heights of the economy to provide the necessary infrastructure to accelerate planned socio-economic development. The country's trade union movement in order to play its role effectively needs to reshape its thinking and activities. In the mixed economy that the country has opted for, both the employers and the employees are to unlearn many things and prepare themselves to view the entire gamut of industrial relations in a new perspective.

The book contains forthright comments on and clear analysis of issues like modernisation and computerisation, security of employment, productivity, participative management, productivity linked wages, labour legislation, social security, unemployment, and self-employment.

To the student of economic history, politics and trade unionism and to those concerned with employer employee relations the book provides a mine of useful information.