Trade Unions and Labour Welfare Measures – A Study on PSUs in Kerala
Keywords:
migrants’, remittances, productive investments, micro activitiesAbstract
Labour welfare was the setting up of minimum desirable standards that enable the worker and his family to lead a good working life, family life and social status. For safeguarding the interest of the labourers trade unions play an integral part, irrespective of whether it was a big organization or small organization or public sector organization or private sector organization. Present study was an attempt to identify the labour welfare measures of the Public Sector Undertakings in Kerala and the role of trade union in labour welfare measures. The study reveals that trade unions activities were limited only to conduct strikes for increasing wages. They were not involving in labour welfare activities for the labourers. The study suggests that the trade unions should also participate in the labour welfare activities of the organization which was the most important factor for gaining the confidence of the workers.
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