INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN INDIA DURING THE YEAR 2004

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN INDIA DURING THE YEAR 2004

CONTENTS

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Preface                                                                                                                                 i

Contents                                                                                                                             ii

Executive Summary                                                                                                           vi

INTRODUCTION                                                                                    1

PART – A

SALIENT TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES AND RESULTANT

MANDAYS LOST 3

PART – B

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS (COMBINED)

Analysis by Months                                                                                                                                 4

Analysis by States                                                                                                                                     4

Analysis by Industries                                                                                                                              4

Analysis of Time-loss per 1,000 Workers                                                                                              5

Analysis of Lockouts                                                                                                                                5

Analysis of Major Industrial Disputes                                                                                                  5

Analysis by Causes                                                                                                                                  6

Analysis by Duration                                                                                                                               6

Terminated Disputes by Normal Employment Size of the Units Affected                                        6

Analysis by Methods of Settlements and Results                                                                              7

Analysis of All India Strikes / Lockouts                                                                                               7

PART – C

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Analysis by Months                                                                                                                               8

Analysis by States                                                                                                                                  8

Analysis by Industries                                                                                                                           8

Analysis of Lockouts                                                                                                                             9

Analysis by Causes                                                                                                                                9

Analysis by Duration                                                                                                                             9

PART – D

POLITICAL / SYMPATHETIC STRIKES AND DISPUTES DUE TO REASONS OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES

Analysis of Political and Sympathetic Strikes 10

Analysis of Disputes due to reasons other than industrial disputes 10

STATISTICAL TABLES

PART – A (Salient Trends in Industrial Disputes and the Resultant Mondays Lost) Page

Table A-I	Sector/Sphere-wise Number of Disputes, Workers Involved, Man-days Lost, Wages Lost and Value of Production Loss due to Industrial Disputes during 2004	11
Graph - I	Year-wise Mandays Lost Due to Strikes and Lockouts : 1985 – 2004	13
Table A-II	Number of disputes by Sectors and Spheres during 2003 and 2004	14
Table A-III	Time-loss (Number of Man-days Lost) by Sector / Sphere during 2003 and 2004 by Strikes and Lockouts	15
Table A-IV	Percentage of Man-days Lost due to Strikes and Lockouts by Sector/Sphere during 2003 and 2004	16
Table A-V	Average Time Loss per Dispute, Workers Involved per Dispute and Average Number of Man-days Lost per Worker Due to Industrial Disputes during the Year 2004	16

PART – B (Industrial Disputes in the Public and Private Sectors - Combined)

Table B-I(a)	Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) during the year 2004 (By Months)	17
Table B-I(b)	Industrial Disputes (Strikes and Lockouts) in the Central Sphere during the year 2004 (By Months)	17
Table B-I(c)	Industrial Disputes (Strikes and Lockouts) in the State Sphere during the Year 2004 (By Months)	18
Table B-I(d)	All Strikes during the Year 2004 (By Months)	18
Table B-I(e)	Strikes in the Central Sphere during the Year 2004(By Months)	19
Table B-I(f)	Strikes in the State Sphere during the Year 2004 (By Months)	19
Table B-I(g)	Lockouts during the Year 2004 (By Months)	20
Table B-I(h)	Lockouts in the State Sphere during the Year 2004 (By Months)	20
Table B-II(a)	Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) during the Year 2004 (By States)	21
Graph-II	State-wise Major Contributors of Mandays Lost Due to Work-stoppages During the Years 2003 and 2004	22
Table B-II(b)	Industrial Disputes (Strikes and Lockouts) in Central Sphere during the Year 2004 (By States)	23
Table B-II(c)	Industrial Disputes (Strikes and Lockouts) in the State Sphere during the Year 2004 (By States)	24
Table B-II(d)	All Strikes during the Year 2004 (By States)	25
Table B-II(e)	Strikes in the Central Sphere during the year 2004 (By States)	26
Table B-II(f)	Strikes in the State Sphere during the Year 2004 (By States)	27
Table B-II(g)	All Lockouts during the Year 2004 (By States)	28
Table B-II(h)	Lockouts in the State Sphere during the Year 2004 (By States)	29
Table B-II(i)	Time-loss (Central and State Spheres combined) due to Industrial Disputes during the Year 2004 (By States and Months)	30
Table B-II(j)	Time-loss (Central Sphere) due to Industrial Disputes during the Year 2004 (By States and Months)	31
Table B-II(k)	Time-loss (State Sphere) due to Industrial Disputes during the Year 2004 (By States and Months)	32
Table B-III(a)	Industrial Disputes classified by Industries during the Year 2004(All Disputes)	33
Table B-III(b)	Strikes Classified by Industries during the Year 2004	36
Table B-III(c)	Lockouts Classified by Industries during the Year 2004	39
Table B-III(d)	Industrial Disputes in the Central Sphere Undertakings during the Year 2004 (By Industry Groups)	41
Table B-IV	Time-loss due to Industrial Disputes in different Sectors (per 1,000 Workers employed) during the years 1995 to 2004	42
Table B-V(a)	Lockouts declared during the Year 2004 (By States)	43
Table B-V(b)	Number of Workers Involved and Man-days Lost separately for the period of Strikes and Lockouts in the Industrial Disputes in which Lockouts were preceded / succeeded by Strikes during the Year 2004 (By States)	44
Table B-VI	Details of major Industrial Disputes (i.e. Strikes and Lockouts involving a Time-loss of 50,000 or more man-days) during the year 2004	45
Table B-VII(a)	Industrial Disputes classified by Causes (State and Central Spheres) during the Year 2004	49
Graph-III	Cause-wise Comparison of Mandays Lost Due to Strikes and Lockouts During the Years 2003 and 2004	50
Table B-VII(b)	Industrial Disputes classified by Causes (Central Sphere) during the Year 2004	51
Table B-VII(c)	Industrial Disputes classified by Causes (State Sphere) during the Year 2004	52
Table B-VII(d)	Lockouts classified by Causes during the Year 2004	53
Table B-VII(e)	Strikes in the State Sphere classified by Causes during the Year 2004	54
Table B-VIII	Terminated Disputes by Duration during the Year 2004	55
Table B-IX	Terminated Disputes classified by Normal Employment Size of the units affected during the year 2004	55
Table B-X	Terminated Disputes classified by Method of Settlement and Result during the Year 2004	56
Table B-XI	All -India Strikes / Lockouts during the year 2004	56

PART – C (Industrial Disputes in the Public Sector)

Table C-I(a)	Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) in Public Sector (both in State and Central Sphere) during the Year 2004 (By Months)	57
Table C-I(b)	Industrial Disputes in Public Sector (Strikes and Lockouts in the Central Sphere) during the Year 2004 (By Months)	57
Table C-I(c)	Industrial Disputes in Public Sector (Strikes and Lockouts in the State Sphere) during the Year 2004 (By Months)	58
Table C-I(d)	Strikes in Public Sector during the Year 2004 (By Months)	58
Table C-I(e)	Strikes in Public Sector (Central Sphere) during the Year 2004 (By Months)	59
Table C-I(f)	Strikes in the Public Sector (State Sphere) during the Year 2004 (By Months)	59
Table C-I(g)	Lockouts in the Public Sector in State Sphere during the Year 2004 (By Months)	60
Table C-II(a)	Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) in the Public Sector (Central and State Spheres) during the Year 2004 (By States)	61
Table C-II(b)	Strikes in the Public Sector (Central and State Spheres) during the Year 2004 (By States)	62
Table C-II(c)	Lockouts in the Public Sector (Central and State Spheres) during the Year 2004 (By States)	63
Table C-II(d)	Industrial Disputes in the Public Sector (Central Sphere) during the Year 2004 (By States)	63
Table C-II(e)	Strikes in the Public Sector (Central Sphere) during the Year 2004 (By States)	64
Table C-III(a)	Industrial Disputes in the Public Sector (All Disputes) classified by Industries during the Year 2004 (As per National Industrial Classification – 1998)	65
Table C-III(b)	Strikes in Public Sector classified by Industries during the Year 2004 (As per National Industrial Classification – 1998)	67
Table C-III(c)	Lockouts in Public Sector classified by Industries during the Year 2004 (As per National Industrial Classification – 1998)	69
Table C-III(d)	Industrial Disputes in Public Sector Undertakings in the Central Sphere during the Year 2004 (By Industry Groups)	69
Table C-IV	Industrial Disputes in which Lockouts were declared in the Public Sector during the Year 2004 (By States)	70
Table C-V(a)	Industrial Disputes in Public Sector classified by Causes during the Year 2004	70
Table C-V(b)	Lockouts in the Public Sector classified by Causes during the Year 2004	71
Table C-VI	Terminated Disputes in the Public Sector by Duration during the Year 2004	71

PART – D (Political / Sympathetic Strikes and Disputes due to reasons other than Disputes)

Table D-I	Political / Sympathetic Strikes during the Year 2004 (By Months and Spheres)	72
Table D-II	Political / Sympathetic Strikes during the Year 2004 (By States and Spheres)	72
Table D-III	State-wise and Cause-wise Number of disputes due to reasons Other than Industrial Disputes, Workers Affected thereby and Mandays Lost during the Year 2004 (By States)	73
Table D-IV	Industry-wise Number of disputes due to reasons other than Industrial Disputes, Workers Affected thereby and Man-days Lost during the Year 2004	77

ANNEXURES

Annexure-I	National Industrial Classification 1998	79
Annexure-II	A List of Officers and Officials of Labour Bureau Shimla associated with the Publication	88