EPA-04 Personnel administration Unit22 employee unions

        (Reasons for the association of civil servants)
(1)Essential instruments for improving the welfare of employees.

(2) Press  the government to become liberal in dealing with them.

(3)In order to get their grievances and complaints heard through any government
machinary they feel the necessity of forming staff association.

(4)?In this associations employees feel better security, liberty and courage.

(5)Make it possible for employees to express their day to day difficulties
 and grievances to the administrative authorities.

(6)Peculiar and diverse needs of the civil service can't be achieved without
 collective representation and bargaining.

(7)The original reasons for unionisation were the effects of continual
internal reorganisational reform.

(8)Security of employement and better condition of service.

                 (the objective of employees unionS)
To acquaint the government with the point of view of the employees.

The organisations provide an opportunity to the government to know the
  opinions of the employees on any given issue.

Feeling of oneness between the employees and the organisation.

The association meet the social expectations of the members.

                    (The growth of employee unions in post independence period)
All india federation of income tax employeees formed in 1949, it was
 recognised by the government.

It was only recognised in 1954.

The india Non-Gazetted audit and accounts association was only recognised
 in 1956, though the employees started organising since 1923.

It was de-recognised in 1959 and it took long time to get re-recognition.

In 1947, there were 27 unions in P&T recognised by the government.


             (Important  functions and activities of employees unions)

(1)Protecting the rights of employees including ventilation of grievances and
negotiations with the government.

(2)Undertaking measures for social, economics and cultural advancement of the
  employees.

(3)Promoting academic matters including publication of journals and other alternative.

(4) Settlement of disputes through joint consultation/collective bargaining.

(5)Achieving free trade unions rights including full citizenship with right
  to contest elections.

(6)To ensure the training of labour legislation to guarantee the growth
  of free trade unionism without discrimination between government and non
  government labour.

                  (Restrictions of right to join employee unions)
The indian trade union act, 1926, and constitution of india, 1950, permitted
  the employees to form into assoications.

Through the civil service(Conduct)Rules, 1955, based on the conduct rules of
  1937 and subsequent amendments on 1957 and 1964 restricted the right to join
unions.

According to the conduct rules, no government servant shall join or continue
 to be a member of any service association of governments servants.

As such the utility of the right to association is linked with the right
  to recognition
               
                   
               (The rules relating to grant of recognition of association/unions)
(1) The indian trade union act, 1926 did not extend its provisions to the
  civil servants.

(2)Trade union law has made no provision for compulsory recognition of unions
  by the employees.

(3)In 1959, a new set of rules known as the central service rules, 1959 were
made under aricle 309 and clause of article 148 of the constituion of india.

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