Mnemonics: Industrial Relations and Trade Unions
Types of Trade Unions in India
What needs to be memorized: Craft Unions, Industrial Unions, General Unions, White Collar Unions
Mnemonic: "Cricket Is Great, Wickets!"
🔗 The Breakdown:
- Cricket → Craft Unions
- Is → Industrial Unions
- Great → General Unions
- Wickets → White Collar Unions
Objectives of Trade Unions
What needs to be memorized: Better Working Conditions, Job Security, Better Wages, Welfare Measures, Participation in Management, Protection of Workers' Rights, Collective Bargaining
Mnemonic: "Better Jobs, Wage Welfare Par - Protect Collectively"
🔗 The Breakdown:
- Better → Better Working Conditions
- Jobs → Job Security
- Wage → Better Wages
- Welfare → Welfare Measures
- Par → Participation in Management
- Protect → Protection of Workers' Rights
- Collectively → Collective Bargaining
Machinery for Settlement of Industrial Disputes
What needs to be memorized: Works Committee, Conciliation, Court of Inquiry, Voluntary Arbitration, Adjudication
Mnemonic: "Workers Can't Cry; Voluntarily Adjust"
🔗 The Breakdown:
- Workers → Works Committee
- Can't → Conciliation
- Cry → Court of Inquiry
- Voluntarily → Voluntary Arbitration
- Adjust → Adjudication
Types of Industrial Disputes and Actions
What needs to be memorized: Strike, Lockout, Lay-off, Retrenchment, Closure, Gherao, Go-slow, Picketing, Boycott
Mnemonic: "Sachin's Long Leg Reach Caught Ganguly's Good Pass, Boundary!"
🔗 The Breakdown:
- Sachin's → Strike
- Long → Lockout
- Leg → Lay-off
- Reach → Retrenchment
- Caught → Closure
- Ganguly's → Gherao
- Good → Go-slow
- Pass → Picketing
- Boundary → Boycott
Rights of Registered Trade Unions
What needs to be memorized: Perpetual Succession, Sue and Be Sued, Acquire and Hold Property, Make Contracts, Immunity from Criminal Prosecution, Immunity from Civil Suit
Mnemonic: "Papa's Smart Advice: Make Investments in Insurance"
🔗 The Breakdown:
- Papa's → Perpetual Succession
- Smart → Sue and Be Sued
- Advice → Acquire and Hold Property
- Make → Make Contracts
- Investments → Immunity from Criminal Prosecution
- Insurance → Immunity from Civil Suit
Conditions for Registration of Trade Union
What needs to be memorized: Minimum 7 Members, Application to Registrar, Prescribed Particulars, Constitution/Rules of Union, Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Mnemonic: "Saat log Apply karo, Proper Constitution aur Statement ke saath"
🔗 The Breakdown:
- Saat log → Minimum 7 Members
- Apply → Application to Registrar
- Proper → Prescribed Particulars
- Constitution → Constitution/Rules
- Statement → Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Unfair Labour Practices
What needs to be memorized: Interference with Workers' Rights, Domination of Trade Unions, Discrimination, Discharge/Dismissal for Union Activities, Refusal to Bargain Collectively
Mnemonic: "I Don't Do Dirty Refusals"
🔗 The Breakdown:
- I → Interference with Workers' Rights
- Don't → Domination of Trade Unions
- Do → Discrimination
- Dirty → Discharge/Dismissal for Union Activities
- Refusals → Refusal to Bargain Collectively
Bipartite vs Tripartite Negotiations
What needs to be memorized: Bipartite = 2 parties (Employer + Workers/Unions); Tripartite = 3 parties (Employer + Workers + Government)
Mnemonic: "Bi-cycle aur Tri-cycle ka chakkar"
🔗 The Breakdown:
- Bi-cycle = 2 wheels = Employer + Workers (2 parties)
- Tri-cycle = 3 wheels = Employer + Workers + Government (3 parties)
💡 Visual tip: Just like a bicycle has 2 wheels, bipartite has 2 parties. A tricycle has 3 wheels, so tripartite has 3 parties including the government!
