1. PRESENTED BY:-
AKSHAY SHUKLA
CHIRAG GARG
BBA(A) 4th sem

2. CONCEPT OF TRADE UNION
Trade union is:-
 It is a association of wage earners or employees;
 Whose principle purpose is to regulate the relations
between workers and employers;
 whose leader is elected for the interests of the
employees within the workplace; and
 recognized for collective bargaining.

3. Functions Of Trade Union

4. Protective Functions-
 These functions include protecting the worker’s
interests.
 Bargain on issues like hike in wages, providing more
benefits or job security etc.
• Fraternal functions-
 These functions include providing financial and non-
financial assistance to workers during the periods of
strikes and lockouts.
 Issues like medical facilities during slackness,
provision of education, recreational and housing
facilities, provision of social and religious benefits, etc.

5. Political Functions-
These functions include affiliating the union to a
political party,
Helping the political party in collecting donations,
Seeking the help of political parties during the
periods of strikes and lock-outs.
• Social functions-
These functions include carrying out social
activities, discharging social responsibilities
through various sections of the society like
educating the customers etc.

6. OBJECTIVES OF TRADE UNION

7.  Wages and salaries
 Working conditions
 Discipline
 Employee-employer relations
 welfare
 Safeguarding organizational health

8. KINDS OF TRADE UNION

9.  Craft of skills union : To represent skilled
workers.
 Industrial unions : To represent the members of
one particular industry.
 General unions : Unions which recruit workers
from all types of industries and with any level or
range of skills e.g. – the Manufacturing Science
and Finance Union.
 White-collar unions : Represent office workers.

10. PROBLEMS OF TRADE UNION

11.  Trade union leadership
 Multiplicity of unions
 Absence of paid office bearer
 Finance
 Lack of interest
 Uneven growth
 Illiteracy

12. MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN
TRADE UNION

13.  United labour front
 Internal leadership
 Membership fees