Pre-1918 The genesis of the labour movement in India
1851 First Cotton Mill
1855 First Jute Mill
1875 First Labour agitation, Bombay 1875 under the leadership of S.S. Bengalee
Factories Commission 1875 inquired into conditions of workers, to impose legal limit the
factories act 1881 was passed
1885 Factories Commission 1885 and second factories act 1891 was passed
1892 Royal Commission on labour imposing limitations on working hours
1877 Empress Mills at Nagpur, Strike over wage rates
1890 Bombay Mills Hands Association
President: N.M. Lokhande (Father of Labour Movement)
Journal : Dinbandhu
1897 Amalgamated Society of railway servants in India and Burma
1905 The Printer Union Calcutta
1907 The Bombay Postal Union, Calcutta and Madras
1908 Beginning of Political Consciousness of Indian working class
A series of strike, climax to labour movement
6 days mass strike against 6 yrs imprisonment of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
1909 The Kamgar Hitawardhak Sabha ( S.K. Bole)
1911 Social Service League
1918-1924 Era of Formation of Modern Trade Unionism
1918 Madras Labour Union, B.P. Waida
First registered Trade Union
1919 Establishment of I.L.O.
N.M. Joshi deputed as representative from India
1920 Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association
Smt. Anasuyaben Sarabhai, Pioneer of women's labour movement in India Also known
as Major Mahajan Sangh
The Buckingham Mill Case
Cases filed against B.P. Waide as a result Indian Trade Union Act, 1926 was formed
'Indian" word was removed in 1960 and came to known as Trade Union Act 1926
All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
First Trade Union Federation
Founding President: Lala Lajpat Rai
General Secretary Diwan Chamlal
64 Trade Unions affiliated
Nominating body representing India at International Labour Conference
Led to formation AIRF 1922 (All India Railwaymen's Federation)
1923 First Ever May Day/Labour Day
Madras Launched the Labour Kisan party of Hindustan
Known as Kamgardin, Kamgardivas, Uzhaipalar dinam, Antarrashtriya Shramik Diwas
1925-1934 Period of left wing trade unionism
Era of increasing militancy and a revolutionary approach
Multiple splits ups, moderated by N.M. Joshi and V.V. Giri
Trade Union Act 1926 (Provided for voluntary registration and rights of registered
trade union
Trade Dispute Act 1929 ( Provided for settlement of disputes of trade union)
1925 First Provident Fund Act 1925
1928
Fawcett Committee : appointed by Govt. of Bombay to look into standardize scheme
against strike
All India Workers and Peasants Party
1933
AITUF merged with NFL (National Federation of Labour) to form NTUF (National Trade
union Federation)
Splits and Mergers of AITUC
First Split Second Split
AITU AITUF AIRTUC
In 1929 in Nagpur Session In 1931, Calcutta
Moderate Leaders Communist Leader
N.M. Joshi & V.V. Giri S.V. Deshpande & B.T. Randive
1935-1938 The Congress Interregnum
Unity of different unions
Indian National Congress was in power
1935 AIRTUC (All India Red Trade Union Congress) merged AITUC
Joint Session of AITUC & NTUF at Nagpur
1938 AITUC & TUF merged
1932 Platform for Unity (1st Unity Conference)
Trade Union unity committee formed by AIRF
1933 2nd Unity Conference
NFL merged ITUF ---- NTUF
1939-1946 Period of Labour Division
Industrial Employment Act 1946 and Bombay Industrial Relations Act 1946 were
formed
1942 Tripartite Machinery
Joint meeting stated along with compulsory adjudication from Defence of India
Rules 81
1st Indian Labour Conference, Delhi
Standing Labour Committee formed
1946 1st Pay Commission
1947-Present Post- Independence Trade Unionism
1947 INTUC
1948 Hind Mazdoor Sabha, founded by socialist
1949 UTUC
1955 Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
Dattopant Thengadi
Objective to establish Bhartiya order of society
1958 UTUC - LS
1965 Communist Party Marxist (CPM)
1969 NFITU ( National Front of Indian Trade Union)
1970 CITU (Centre of Indian Trade Union)
1972 NLO
1980 TUCC : Trade Union Co-ordination Centre
21st Century Trade Unionism
2001 Amendment of Trade Union Act, 1926 Sec 4 Sec 9 A
2020 Industrial Relations Code 2020
Sec 14 : Recognition of Trade Union
