Manag., July-2018 – Q15
0. Which one of the following types of strike is without the consent of official of union?
- Option : B
- Explanation : According to the Industrial Disputes Act 1947, Strike [Sec. 2 (q)]: Strike means “a cessation of work by a body of persons employed in
any industry acting in combination or a concerted refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons who
are or have been so employed, to continue to work or to accept employment”. Mere stoppage of work does not come within
the meaning of strike unless it can be shown that such stoppage of work was a concerted action for the enforcement of an industrial
demand.
Wildcat strike, work stoppage undertook by employees without the consent of their respective unions. Such strikes are not necessarily illegal, but they often violate terms of a collective bargaining agreement. The name is based on the stereotypical characteristics associated with wildcats: unpredictability and uncontrollability. These terms of description are often applied by the employers, the media, and the state, not the workers themselves.
Sympathetic Strike: When workers of one unit or industry go on strike in sympathy with workers of another unit or industry who are already on strike, it is called a sympathetic strike. The members of other unions involve themselves in a strike to support or express their sympathy with the members of unions who are on strike in other undertakings. The workers of the sugar industry may go on strike in sympathy with their fellow workers of the textile industry who may already be on strike.
Slow Down Strike: Go-slow is yet another form of industrial protest in which workmen do not stop the work but deliberately slow down the process of production in order to cause loss of production to the employer. It must be noted that there is no cessation of work at all, and in fact, workmen pretend themselves as engaged in doing their work.
Jurisdictional Strike: Jurisdictional strikes are conducted with a view to forcing an employer to recognize or bargain with a particular trade union instead of another. Two unions may claim to represent the same set of workers and may clamor for recognition for this purpose. One of the contestants may go on strike to pressurize the employer to accept its representational claim. As a matter of fact, two unions quarrel for their respective jurisdictions, and the strike is the result of this dispute. Hence, such strikes are known as jurisdictional strikes.
