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Abhijeet S
Monopoly vs. Collective voice Differences:
The presence of national trade unions and independent trade unions at the industry level or firm level has weakened the stronghold that the trade union movement once had in India. This is because of the differences in ideologies that come to define these traditional (national and centralized) and non-traditional (independent and decentralized trade unions).
There are contrasting views on trade unions as institutions, namely, the monopoly voice and the collective voice views. The ‘monopoly’ view holds that unions fight for their own selfish interests at the expense of other, and blames their political lobbying for bureaucratic and corrupt practices. The ‘collective voice’ view sees unions as the economic and political institutions of the weaker segments of society.
Basically, the national trade unions in India have a ‘collective voice’ view while the industry-level trade unions or the state trade unions have a ‘monopoly’ view. Moreover, ideology-wise, the national trade unions have altruistic tendencies while the industry-level trade unions have selfish interest.
For example: If given a choice between wage increases and increase in levels of employment, the altruistic unions would choose the latter option because they would see it as a step towards increasing the membership in their unions while the selfish unions would choose the former because they are concerned only about the present situation and about their own individual firms.
The presence of national trade unions and independent trade unions at the industry level or firm level has weakened the stronghold that the trade union movement once had in India. This is because of the differences in ideologies that come to define these traditional (national and centralized) and non-traditional (independent and decentralized trade unions).
There are contrasting views on trade unions as institutions, namely, the monopoly voice and the collective voice views. The ‘monopoly’ view holds that unions fight for their own selfish interests at the expense of other, and blames their political lobbying for bureaucratic and corrupt practices. The ‘collective voice’ view sees unions as the economic and political institutions of the weaker segments of society.
Basically, the national trade unions in India have a ‘collective voice’ view while the industry-level trade unions or the state trade unions have a ‘monopoly’ view. Moreover, ideology-wise, the national trade unions have altruistic tendencies while the industry-level trade unions have selfish interest.
For example: If given a choice between wage increases and increase in levels of employment, the altruistic unions would choose the latter option because they would see it as a step towards increasing the membership in their unions while the selfish unions would choose the former because they are concerned only about the present situation and about their own individual firms.