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BACKGROUND
LEADERS
Trade unions primary concern is to protect and promote the economic, social, cultural, political and other interests of their membership, through their activities, functioning and work, they as well endeavor to help promote the interests and welfare of the whole community; That Trade Unions seek to help build up an egalitarian society of social equality and equal opportunity, irrespective of caste, creed, religion, colour or sex, in which alone they firmly believe their highest aspirations and aims and goals can be fully realized;
AIMS AT:
Making INTUC more powerful and effective instrument of social justice and the vanguard of the forces of freedom, democracy and progress. Achieving a membership of one crore within a period of five years. Greater stress on internal democracy and greater involvement of rank and file of the members should be laid to ensure that our affiliates, more truly reflect the aspirations, problems and difficulties of their membership.
OBJECTIVES
To promote generally the social civic and political interest of the working class to secure an effective and complete organization of all categories of workers, including agricultural labor. To guide and co-ordinate the activities of the affiliated organizations. To assist and co-ordinate the activities of the affiliated organizations. To assist in the formation of trade unions To promote the organization of workers of each industry on a nation-wide basis
To assist in the formation of Regional or Pradesh Branches or Federations. To secure speedy improvement of conditions of work and life and of the status of the workers in industry and society. To obtain for the workers various measures of social security, including adequate provision in respect of accidents, maternity, sickness, old age and unemployment. To establish just industrial relations
To secure redressal of grievances, without stoppages of work, by means of negotiations and conciliation and failing these by arbitration or adjudication. To foster the spirit of solidarity, service, brotherhood co-operation and mutual help among the workers.
"Our philosophy is, the workers can earn their livelihood only if the factory runs. Not surprisingly, managements are happy.Chandrashekhar Malhotra, general manager (personnel and industrial relations) at Nirlon: "Unlike other unions, the BKS' commitment to production and discipline gives a very comfortable feeling."
The Sena union now controls 600 units in the organised sector and commands the support of over 1.5 lakh workers, according to its president, Ramakant More. Its major rivals, the CPI-affiliated All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and the CPI(M)-led Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU). The BKS writ now runs among the workers of major companies such as Reliance Industries Ltd, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Telco, Godrej Soaps, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) and Nirlon, as well as some of the five-star hotels in the state.
Claims of benefits to Maharashtrians Supporters of the Sena have claimed that the party has benefited the Marathi Manus (Marathi man) in Mumbai, especially in the public sector.[However, the Sena has allegedly done little to solve the problem of unemployment facing a large proportion of Maharashtrian youth during its tenure, in contradiction to its ideological foundation of 'sons of the soil. Dharavi emancipation The Sena claims to have played a central role in the emancipation of 500,000 slum dwellers in the Dharavi,area of Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia. The state's policy of giving free houses to slum dwellers has been mired in controversy ever since it was introduced by the Shiv Sena-BJP government a decade ago.
Improvements in infrastructure The sena has been active in trying to improve infrastructure in maharashtra, particularly in the financial capital of mumbai. Nearly 55 flyovers in mumbai and navi mumbai and the mumbai-pune expressway were constructed under the shiv sena administration.
CONCLUSION
If the Sena fulfils its election pledge to repeal the Act, the bks could gain a foothold in the mills, most of which are coveted for their prized land. BKS is now aiming to move beyond Maharashtra and set up a national body-to be christened the Hindustan Shetkari Kamgar Sena-comprising all the 14 trade unions of the Sena. The BKS model of trade unionism, with its stress on ties with employers, is no longer its monopoly.
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