INDUSTRIAL RELATION IN PUBLIC ENTERPRISES ? A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SCCL & KTPS

ABSTRACT Industrial unrest and conflicting ideologies in the national and international spheres. It is a dynamic concept which depends upon the pattern of society, economic system and political set-up of a country and changes with the changing economic and social order. It is an art of living together for the purposes of production, productive efficiency, human well-being and industrial progress. It comprises of a network of institutions, such as, trade unionism, collective bargaining, employers, the law and the state, which are bound together by a set of common values and aspirations. A knowledge of such institutions is important if we are to understand every days industrial relations phenomena. The four main parties who are actively associated with any industrial relations system are the workers, the managements, the organizations of workers and managements, and the State5. Fundamentally, industrial relations has to an organized relationship between two organized parties representing employers an employers and employees regarding matters of collective interest6. With the growth of professional management, the industrial relations is represented by the representatives of employers and representatives of the employees.