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Industrial Disputes
Natasha, 1637543
What is a conflict/dispute?
 Process
 One party perceives
 That another party has negatively affected
 Or is about to negatively affect
 Something that the first party cares about
Industrial Disputes
 Industrial Dispute Act, 1947:
 Any dispute or difference between employers and
employees,
 Or between employees and employers,
 Or between employers and employers,
 which is connected with the employment,
 Or non-employment,
 Or the terms of employment
 Or with the conditions of work of any person
Types of Industrial Disputes
Strikes
 Collective refusal
 Of work
 By a group of workers
Maruti Suzuki Manesar Plant Strike, 2011-
2012
 First time in 11 years
 Tool Down Strike
 Three major demands –
• Recognition of a new
labor union
• Equal pay for
permanent and
contractual workers
• No signing the good-
conduct bond
Maruti Suzuki Manesar Plant Strike, 2011-
2012
 Management opposed
 Gave severance package to
a few workers in the end
 Sparked another strike in
2012
 Fire broke – killed HR
General Manager and 100
other managers
 500 workers suspended
 Loss of 1 billion a day
 Operations less than 10% of
productive capacity
 Take Away: Equity in
compensation and
benefits is an influencing
factor for outrage
Hyundai India Sriperumbudur Strike, 2012
 2008 – Strike, 87 workers
suspended, 27 not taken
back
 2012 – Management
recognised a new labor
union – United Union of
Hyundai Employees
(UUHE)
 Signed a wage agreement
with them without
consulting the old union
Hyundai Motor India
Employees’ Union
(HMIEU)
Hyundai India Sriperumbudur Strike, 2012
 Demands
• Reinstatement of 27 suspended
workers (few were office bearers of
HMIEU)
• Re-recognition of HMIEU or
holding a secret ballot to decide
between HMIEU and UUHE
 Settlement
• No pay for strike period
• Suspension of 20 workers
• Disciplinary action against 5
workers
• Acceptance of ID Act 1947, sec 18
(1) by HMIEU – Acceptance of
settlement
 Take Away: Negotiation does not
always lead to a win-win
situation
Verizon Strike, 2016
 Strike by 40,000 workers
 Biggest labor action in USA
 Workers unhappy with work
outsourced to call centers in
other countries
 Benefits reduced
 Caps on pensions
 Workers were without a
contract since August, 2015
 Settlement
• Raise promised
• Pension caps lifted
• Benefits initiatives introduced
 Take Away: Globalization can
be a threat to the developed
world
Lockouts
 Closing of a place of
employment
 Or the suspension of
work
 Or the refusal of an
employer to continue to
employ any number of
persons employed by
him
Toyota India Lockout, 2014
 Two lockouts in Bidadi,
near Bangalore
 Hike demand by workers -
Unrest
 Management demanded
‘good conduct’
undertaking
 Settlement by Karnataka
government
• Allowed workers to get in
without signing
• Ordered to life lockout
 Take Away: Third-party
interventions can turn
out to be authoritative
Bosch Jaipur Lockout
 Pending wage settlement
 Slow Down Strike – reduced output by
70%
 Hunger Strike
 Management declared lockout
 Officers took up those jobs, to not
impact productivity and customers
 Tripartite discussion – state labor govt,
union, management
 Settlement
• Immediate lift of lockout and go-slow
action
• Management agreed to address wage
settlement as soon as possible
 Take Away: The lowest level of
workforce, which makes the majority
has the most power in an
organization
American Crystal Sugar Lockout,
Minnesota, 2013
 Union refused 4 year old labor
agreement
 13000 workers locked out for
22 months
 Org put forward same offer 4
times
 Same offer accepted 5th time,
when hardly 4% of the
employees were left and the
rest shifted jobs
 Settlement
• 13% raise
• Cut on health benefits
• Few seniority rights
 Take Away: Management can
be stubborn too.
Gherao
 Surrounding
management
 Preventing
management from
entering work premises
 Preventing them from
moving around
Tiny Owl, 2015
 Laid off employees
 Co-founders trapped
inside office for 3 days by
laid off employees in
Gurgaon and Pune
 Demand – 2 month’s
salary for layoffs
 Settlement – One month
salary provided
 Take Away: Business
loss can aggravate harm
to the organization and
other stakeholders
Goodyear Tyres, France, 2009
 Factory due to close
 Executives taken hostage
 Demand – Find potential
buyers or pay enormous
money as severance pay
 Executives freed by police
 Eight employees jailed
 Take Away: Labour laws
differ from country to
country. France –
Maximum industrial
disputes in the world
Picketing
 Posters, banner, signs
 Picket lines
 Encourages others to
join
BBC, London, 2015
 Organization planned to cut
around 4000 jobs
 Privatise some sections of
the corporation
 To meet changes
 Save money, which could be
invested in new programmes
 3 unions protested
 However, they were ready to
compromise if made party to
changes
 Take Away: Organization
change and development
needs to be done
constantly and not in one
go
Swadeshi Movement, 1906
 Bengal partition
 Boycott foreign goods
 Picket lines outside
shops selling foreign
goods
 Peaceful picketing
 Take Away: Overlap in
types of industrial
disputes
Boycott
 Disrupt normal
functioning of
organization
 Creating hindrance to
put forward a point
Cochin Port Union, 2010
 Boycott of Israeli ships
and cargo
 In protest against sieze
of Gaza by Israeli forces
 Protest rally near the
Israeli shipping line
 Take Away: Factors
other than employee
welfare may initiate
disputes
Federation of Western India Cine Employees
(FWICE) Boycott
 FWICE – Bollywood’s
biggest trade union
comprising over 25000
actors, lighting and sound
technicians, camera
operators and dancers
 Members won’t work in
Australia until attack on
Indian students stopped
 Strained diplomatic relations
between India and Australia
 Take Away: Industrial
disputes may stem from
and in turn affect others
apart from the employee
and employers
Culinary Workers Union, Nevada, 2016
 Boycott of Donald Trump’s
properties – restaurants, golf
courses
 Until he starts bargaining
with the union over a
contract which he had failed
to do
 Supported by 56 unions and
12 million workers
 Take Away: Strong causes
which impact stakeholders
other than those
associated with an
industry wins immense
support from outsiders as
well

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Industrial Disputes

  • 2. What is a conflict/dispute?  Process  One party perceives  That another party has negatively affected  Or is about to negatively affect  Something that the first party cares about
  • 3. Industrial Disputes  Industrial Dispute Act, 1947:  Any dispute or difference between employers and employees,  Or between employees and employers,  Or between employers and employers,  which is connected with the employment,  Or non-employment,  Or the terms of employment  Or with the conditions of work of any person
  • 5. Strikes  Collective refusal  Of work  By a group of workers
  • 6. Maruti Suzuki Manesar Plant Strike, 2011- 2012  First time in 11 years  Tool Down Strike  Three major demands – • Recognition of a new labor union • Equal pay for permanent and contractual workers • No signing the good- conduct bond
  • 7. Maruti Suzuki Manesar Plant Strike, 2011- 2012  Management opposed  Gave severance package to a few workers in the end  Sparked another strike in 2012  Fire broke – killed HR General Manager and 100 other managers  500 workers suspended  Loss of 1 billion a day  Operations less than 10% of productive capacity  Take Away: Equity in compensation and benefits is an influencing factor for outrage
  • 8. Hyundai India Sriperumbudur Strike, 2012  2008 – Strike, 87 workers suspended, 27 not taken back  2012 – Management recognised a new labor union – United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE)  Signed a wage agreement with them without consulting the old union Hyundai Motor India Employees’ Union (HMIEU)
  • 9. Hyundai India Sriperumbudur Strike, 2012  Demands • Reinstatement of 27 suspended workers (few were office bearers of HMIEU) • Re-recognition of HMIEU or holding a secret ballot to decide between HMIEU and UUHE  Settlement • No pay for strike period • Suspension of 20 workers • Disciplinary action against 5 workers • Acceptance of ID Act 1947, sec 18 (1) by HMIEU – Acceptance of settlement  Take Away: Negotiation does not always lead to a win-win situation
  • 10. Verizon Strike, 2016  Strike by 40,000 workers  Biggest labor action in USA  Workers unhappy with work outsourced to call centers in other countries  Benefits reduced  Caps on pensions  Workers were without a contract since August, 2015  Settlement • Raise promised • Pension caps lifted • Benefits initiatives introduced  Take Away: Globalization can be a threat to the developed world
  • 11. Lockouts  Closing of a place of employment  Or the suspension of work  Or the refusal of an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed by him
  • 12. Toyota India Lockout, 2014  Two lockouts in Bidadi, near Bangalore  Hike demand by workers - Unrest  Management demanded ‘good conduct’ undertaking  Settlement by Karnataka government • Allowed workers to get in without signing • Ordered to life lockout  Take Away: Third-party interventions can turn out to be authoritative
  • 13. Bosch Jaipur Lockout  Pending wage settlement  Slow Down Strike – reduced output by 70%  Hunger Strike  Management declared lockout  Officers took up those jobs, to not impact productivity and customers  Tripartite discussion – state labor govt, union, management  Settlement • Immediate lift of lockout and go-slow action • Management agreed to address wage settlement as soon as possible  Take Away: The lowest level of workforce, which makes the majority has the most power in an organization
  • 14. American Crystal Sugar Lockout, Minnesota, 2013  Union refused 4 year old labor agreement  13000 workers locked out for 22 months  Org put forward same offer 4 times  Same offer accepted 5th time, when hardly 4% of the employees were left and the rest shifted jobs  Settlement • 13% raise • Cut on health benefits • Few seniority rights  Take Away: Management can be stubborn too.
  • 15. Gherao  Surrounding management  Preventing management from entering work premises  Preventing them from moving around
  • 16. Tiny Owl, 2015  Laid off employees  Co-founders trapped inside office for 3 days by laid off employees in Gurgaon and Pune  Demand – 2 month’s salary for layoffs  Settlement – One month salary provided  Take Away: Business loss can aggravate harm to the organization and other stakeholders
  • 17. Goodyear Tyres, France, 2009  Factory due to close  Executives taken hostage  Demand – Find potential buyers or pay enormous money as severance pay  Executives freed by police  Eight employees jailed  Take Away: Labour laws differ from country to country. France – Maximum industrial disputes in the world
  • 18. Picketing  Posters, banner, signs  Picket lines  Encourages others to join
  • 19. BBC, London, 2015  Organization planned to cut around 4000 jobs  Privatise some sections of the corporation  To meet changes  Save money, which could be invested in new programmes  3 unions protested  However, they were ready to compromise if made party to changes  Take Away: Organization change and development needs to be done constantly and not in one go
  • 20. Swadeshi Movement, 1906  Bengal partition  Boycott foreign goods  Picket lines outside shops selling foreign goods  Peaceful picketing  Take Away: Overlap in types of industrial disputes
  • 21. Boycott  Disrupt normal functioning of organization  Creating hindrance to put forward a point
  • 22. Cochin Port Union, 2010  Boycott of Israeli ships and cargo  In protest against sieze of Gaza by Israeli forces  Protest rally near the Israeli shipping line  Take Away: Factors other than employee welfare may initiate disputes
  • 23. Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) Boycott  FWICE – Bollywood’s biggest trade union comprising over 25000 actors, lighting and sound technicians, camera operators and dancers  Members won’t work in Australia until attack on Indian students stopped  Strained diplomatic relations between India and Australia  Take Away: Industrial disputes may stem from and in turn affect others apart from the employee and employers
  • 24. Culinary Workers Union, Nevada, 2016  Boycott of Donald Trump’s properties – restaurants, golf courses  Until he starts bargaining with the union over a contract which he had failed to do  Supported by 56 unions and 12 million workers  Take Away: Strong causes which impact stakeholders other than those associated with an industry wins immense support from outsiders as well