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Industrial Unrest
By SLarnab | Jan. 2011
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Meaning of industrial unrest
The term industrial unrest is used to describe activities undertaken by the labor and
other working people when they feel grievances and protest against pay or conditions of
their employment. Industrial unrest can also be defined as the total range of behaviours
and attitudes that express opposition and divergent orientations between industrial
owners and managers, on the one hand, and working people and their organisations on
the other. The unrest actions may include strikes, sit-ins, slowdowns or work-to-rule.
Historically, riots also took place, such as the action taken by the Luddites during the
Industrial Revolution, and other machine-wrecking outbreaks. Industrial unrest is
caused by a clash between employers and employees. Generally, the causes of
industrial conflict fall into categories such as working conditions, wage demands, work
practices, political disputes and social concerns.



Different forms of unrest

Organised unrest:

- Collective in nature, involves groups of employees or trade unions

- Open (or overt), obvious to all that it is occurring

- takes the form of:

- Strikes

- Lockouts

- Overtime bans, working to rule, restrictions on output

- Political action

-Go slow

- Sit-in

Unorganised unrest:

- Individual in nature, only involves single employees

- Hidden (or covert), not obvious it is occurring

- takes the form of

- Absenteeism

- Labour turnover

- Low productivity

- Acts of indiscipline and sabotage

- Working without enthusiasm

Reasons behind industrial unrest

Management Views

Small number of militant shop stewards abusing their position -Some workers had
other sources of income & not committed to the corporation

-Unofficial disputes increased significantly

-Overly dependent on third parties to solve I.R. problems

-Lack of consistency in interpretation & implementation of policy....
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