The Madras High Court has asked the government to amend
provisions of the Trade Unions Act and the Industrial Disputes Act to
prevent outsiders from being representatives or officer-bearers of the
trade union of any establishment.
Justice N.
Kirubakaran suggested this in his order restraining the Indian Overseas
Bank, Chennai, from permitting two retired employees, L. Balasubramanian
and S. Srinivasan, as president and secretary of the IOB Employees’
Union, to represent the employees in negotiations and discussions with
the bank management.
Originally, S. Valaiyapathy, an
employee, approached the court to prevent the retired employees from
participating in the negotiation and discussions with the management.
Disposing of the petition filed by Mr. Valaiyapathy, Mr. Justice
Kirubakaran said, “The bank is a credit institution and cannot deal with
an outsider who is not bound by any declaration of secrecy.”
Source : The Hindu - 18th Oct 2013
