Replying to a petition filed by Puthiya Jananayaga Thozhilalar Munnani,
state labour secretary Kumar Jayant wrote:
"IT company employees also are free to form trade unions and redress their grievances through evoking the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act 1947. Any trade union with IT employees as its members can rise industrial disputes under section 2 (k) of the act and seek remedy."
The IT sector sees this as a retrograde gesture, while unions see it as
an acknowledgment of employee rights. Trade unions, which have been
restricted to factories, have been trying to get a foothold in the
$118-billion IT sector that employs nearly four million people.
While forming a trade union was always a right, employers have been successful in preventing unionization of tech companies. Trade union activists have been bemoaning lack of support from government for employee rights.
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