The Punjab National Bank, Ltd vs Its Workmen on 24 September, 1959
Equivalent citations: 1960
under the. growing strength of the trade union movement
collective bargaining enters the field, wage structure
ceases to be a purely arithmetical problem. Wages ... under the growing strength of the trade
union movement collective bargaining enters the field, wage
structure ceases to be a purely arithmetical problem.
Considerations
have on the one hand to remember the importance of
collective bargaining in the settlement of industrial dis-
putes, and on the other hand ... later decisions recognises the great importance in modern
industrial life of collective bargaining between the workman
and the employers. It is well known how before
investigation and settlement of industrial disputes on the
basis of collective bargaining, the legislature recognised
that individual workmen should be given a speedy remedy ... fall under s. 10(1) . Where industrial
disputes arise between employees acting collectively and
their employers, they must be adjudicated upon in the manner
prescribed
these limitations. In
Volume 1 of 'Labour Disputes and Collective
Bargaining' by Ludwig Teller, it is said at p.
536 that industrial arbitration ... after referring to the same passage in " Labour Disputes
and Collective Bargaining " by Ludwig Teller (Vol. 1, p.
536), proceeded to lay down
Fateh Narain Singh. -On June 22, 1947, the
company entered into a collective agreement with the said
-union and by mutual consent the Standing Orders ... were settled. The union was recognised
as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining agency for
the workmen of the company. Towards
entitled as a class to the rights of self-organisation and
collective bargaining under it. The benefits of the Wagner
Act were conferred on employees
under the growing strength of the trade union movement, collective bargaining enters the field, wage structure ceases to be a purely arithmetical problem. Considerations
employees, will go down in history as a
significant landmark in collective bargaining.
It augurs well for the future of the industry,
as well
ordered by it. We must not forget that there was no
collective bargaining resulting in an agreement between the
union and the company