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" TRADE UNIONS IN GOA - A COMPARATIVE STUDY " Mrs. BLANCHE ROSALINA CHRISTALINA SOCORRO FERNANDES e MASCARENHAS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS GOA UNIVERSITY " TRADE UNIONS IN GOA - A COMPARATIVE STUDY " A thesis submitted to Goa University (Department of Economics) for the award of degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS. By Mrs. BLANCHE ROSALINA CHRISTALINA SOCORRO FERNANDES e MASCARENHAS Selection Grade Lecturer, Department of Economics St. Xavier's College of Arts, Science and Commerce Mapusa Bardez Goa. z 3 I g M As/7",14._ Under the Guidance of 7-- . SILVIA M. DE MENDONCA e NORONHA * "Pe READER AND HEAD fto /0 EPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS s iro / GOA UNIVERSITY ■ ( 1.14 0 4•L TALEIGAO PLATEAU TALEIGAO, GOA AUGUST, 2008 e LL-..c C- 1'3 • r-- („'et V, 91. it 09 D v L - 01/7 r K i) tit t-k ■.e_V . 11 `41 ).) LT'Jj-cke-, . N\ " TRADE UNIONS IN GOA - A COMPARATIVE STUDY " CERTIFICATE Certified that this thesis entitled " TRADE UNIONS IN GOA — A COMPARATIVE STUDY ", submitted by Mrs. Blanche Rosalina Christalina Socorro Fernandes e Mascarenhas for Ph. D Degree in Economics is her own work carried out under my guidance and is worthy of examination. \:‘ (Dr. SILVIA M. DE MENDONCA e NORONHA) RESEARCH GUIDE DECLARATION The present thesis entitled " TRADE UNIONS IN GOA — A COMPARATIVE STUDY ", is entirely based on the work carried out by me under the supervision of Dr. SILVIA M. DE MENDONCA e NORONHA, Reader and Head of Department of Economics, Goa University, Taleigao, Goa. No part of this thesis has been submitted for a Degree or Diploma or other Academic Award. The relevant literature has been surveyed and all the necessary references are given in the thesis. This research has been carried out independently and due acknowledgements have been made wherever the facilities are availed from. c_ct €.1"- &CU (Dr. SILVIA M. DE (Mrs. BLANCHE R. C. S. MENDONCA e NORONHA) FERNANDES e RESEARCH GUIDE MASCARENHAS) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost I would like to thank the Almighty for the grace, inspiration and numerous blessings bestowed upon me that have enabled me to make this thesis possible. In the course of completing this work, I incurred so much debt to so many that it is difficult to account. I express my deep sense of gratitude to my Guide Dr. Silvia M. de Mendonca e Noronha, Reader and Head, Department of Economics, Goa University, for being a source of inspiration, for the patience, thoughtfulness, motivation and valuable guidance throughout the period of my research. I am grateful to the Labour Commissioner, Goa Department of Statistics and would like to express my indebtedness to the staff of the Research Section, Office of the Labour Commissioner, Panaji for the necessary assistance. My special thanks and deep sense of gratitude are due to Comrade Christopher Fonseca, General Secretary, All India Trade Union Congress ( Goa ) for generously giving me his time and help. iv I am very grateful to the Mormugao POrt Trust Management, Mr. Praveen Agarwal ( Chairman ), Mr. Suresh Vengurlekar ( Director ), Mrs. S. S. Keshkamat (Director I / C Planning and Management Services Department ), Mr. M. S. Madkaikar ( Secretary ), Dr. P. D. Azgoankar ( Chief Medical Officer ), Heads of Departments, Mr. S. V. Verenkar ( Labour Officer ), Safety Officer, Librarian, Administrative Staff, Trade union leaders Mr. Leonardo Rodrigues, Mr. A. J. Peters and Late Mr. Ulhas Gurav and the Employees for their cooperation and help and for making my study at MPT a memorable experience. I owe special thanks to Mr. H. B. Maharajanavar, Mr. Agustinho Faria and Mr. Agustinho Diniz. I am also thankful to the General Manager Mr. H. C. Gandhi, Assistant General Managers Mr. D. V. Raju and Mr Santosh Naik, Mr. R. P. Deshpande, Deputy Manager ( Training ), Superintendent of P & A, Trade Union Leaders Mr. Ankush Bagkar and Mr. Cyril Fernandes and specially the Employees at Goa Shipyard Limited. It would have been difficult for me to undertake the work without the help and cooperation of innumerable persons. In particular, I would like to thank Mr. Luis Coutinho and Mr. Fidelis Gomes for their invaluable help. My sincere thanks to Mr Eric Menezes, Chairman of Colfax Private Limited, Mrs. Leticia Menezes, Mr. Nilkant T. Naik ( Production Manager ), Manager ( v ) Personnel, Local union Team, Mr. Pottu Goankar ( General Secretary, Gomantak Mazdoor Sangh ) and the Employees of this unit. I would also like to thank the Management of Ciba Specialty Chemicals ( India ) Limited for giving me the opportunity to conduct my research study at the unit. I thank in a special way Mr. Eurico Noronha, ex- Head — HR & Administration, Mr. Alwyn Crasto Head — HR & Administration, Heads of Departments, Supervisors, Local Union Team, Mr. Subhash Naik George ( General Secretary, Kamgarancho Ekvott ) and the Employees. My special thanks to my colleagues, Mr. Edwin D'Souza, Department of Computers, and Dr. Balakrishna Nair, Department of Mathematics, St. Xavier's College, Mapusa Goa for their valuable help regarding data analysis. I am also very grateful to Mr. P. V. Konnur, Librarian, Goa University for his valuable help in getting reference material from the libraries in the neighbouring States. I would also like to thank the Management and the Librarian of I. S. E C Bangalore, Bombay University, Pune University, Karnataka University, I C F AI Business School, Hyderabad and St. Xavier's College Mapusa Goa. My sincere thanks to The Indian Society of Labour Economics and The vi Economics Department of Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu for giving me an opportunity to present my research paper at its 48 TH Annual Conference; Indian Institute of Geographers and Economics Department of Chowgule College Margao, Goa to present my paper at their International Seminar; I. C. F. A.I Business School Hyderabad for the opportunity to present my research paper at the Doctoral Thesis Conference and The Economics Department of Goa University. I wish to thank The University Grants Commission for awarding me their Teacher Fellowship under FIP for pursuing my research work. My acknowledgement would not be complete without deepest obligation to my Principal, Mr. Newman Fernandes for the help, support and encouragement during the course of my research. I wish to thank all my friends for the encouragement and their prayers and for being there for me every time I was in need of their help. Last but not the least, my thanks are also due to my husband ( Roberto ) and to my loving son ( Roblan ) for their support, thoughtfulness and for bearing up patiently. CHAPTER SCHEME Pg. Nos. Chapter I INTRODUCTION. 1 - 13 Chapter II REVIEW OF LITERATURE. 14 - 49 Chapter III PROFILE OF THE TRADE UNIONS 50 - 100 Chapter IV TRADE UNIONS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. 101 - 167 Chapter V SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TRADE UNIONS. 168 - 212 Chapter VI SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTERS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 213 — 233 APPENDICES REFERENCES CONTENTS Chapter Title Pg. Nos. Certificate ii Declaration iii Acknowledgement iv - vii Chapter Scheme viii Contents ix - xiii List of Tables. xiv - xix List of Charts and List of Pie-Charts xx Abbreviations xxi - xxii Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ( 1 — 13 ) 1.1 INTRODUCTION 2 - 5 1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY. 5 1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM. 6 - 7 1.4 CONCEPTS USED. 7 -10 1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY. 11 1.6 RELEVANCE / SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY. 11 ix ) 1.7 METHODOLOGY. 11 -13 1.8 LIMITATIONS. 13 Chapter 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE ( 14 — 49 ) 2.1 REVIEW OF LITERATURE. 15 - 43 2.2 OBSERVATIONS FROM THE REVIEW OF LITERATURE. 44 - 47 23 HOW THE STUDY IS DIFFERENT OR SIMILAR TO OTHER STUDIES 47 — 49 Chapter 3 PROFILE OF THE TRADE UNIONS. ( 50 —100 ) 3.1 INTRODUCTION. 51 - 57 3.2 PROFILE OF TRADE UNIONS AT MORMUGAO PORT TRUST. 57 - 72 3.3 PROFILE OF TRADE UNIONS AT GOA SHIPYARD LIMITED. 72 -83 3.4 PROFILE OF TRADE UNIONS AT COLFAX PRIVATE LIMITED. 83 - 89 3.5 PROFILE OF TRADE UNIONS AT CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS ( INDIA) LIMITED. 89 - 96 3.6 COMPARISON OF TRADE UNION PROFILE. 96 — 99 3.7 CONCLUSIONS. 99 -100 ( X) Chapter 4 TRADE UNIONS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ( 101 — 167 ) 4.1 INTRODUCTION. 102 -105 4.2 GRIEVANCES: CAUSES AND ITS REDRESSAL PROCEDURE. 105 - 113 4.3 INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES AND ITS SETTLEMENT. 113 - 128 4.4 LABOUR PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT. 128 - 132 4.5 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRAL RELATIONS. 132 —138 4.6 LABOUR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ( LMR ) AND ORGANISATIONAL CLIMATE ( OC ). 138 - 154 4.7 UNION LEADERSHIP AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 154 - 160 4.8 COMPARISONS. 160 - 166 4.9 CONCLUSIONS. 166 - 167 Chapter 5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TRADE UNIONS. ( 168 — 212 ) 5.1 INTRODUCTION. 169 -171 5.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TRADE UNIONS AT MORMUGAO PORT TRUST. 172-189 ( xi ) 5.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TRADE UNIONS AT GOA SHIPYARD LIMITED. 189 - 196 5.4 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TRADE UNIONS AT COLFAX PRIVATE LIMITED. 196 - 202 5.5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TRADE UNIONS AT CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS ( INDIA ) LIMITED. 202 — 205 5.6 COMPARISON OF IMPACT OF TRADE UNIONS. 206 - 211 5.7 CONCLUSIONS. 211 - 212 Chapter 6 SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTERS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. ( 213 — 233 ) 6.1 SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTERS. 214 - 227 6.2 CONCLUSIONS. 228 - 230 6.3 RECOMMENDATIONS. 230 -233 APPENDICES APPENDIX I WORKERS' QUESTIONNAIRE APPENDIX II TRADE UNION QUESTIONNAIRE. APPENDIX III EMPLOYERS'QUESTIONNAIRE. APPENDIX IV INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR INTERVIEWING LABOUR COMMISSIONER. APPENDIX V INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR INTERVIEWING CENTRAL TRADE UNION LEADER. APPENDIX VI LIST OF TRADE UNIONS REGISTERED WITH THE REGISTRAR OF TRADE UNIONS IN GOA. REFERENCES LIST OF TABLES Table No. Title (Subject) Pg. Nos. 3.1.1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION OF INDUSTRIES.