The following steps may be taken to make collective bargaining more effective:
1. Trade unions should be made more strong and responsible so that they are able to honour the collective agreements.
2. The-government should declare its policy of encouraging the parties to settle their disputes through bipartite consultation and negotiation consistent with public safety and social interest.
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3. Compulsory adjudication of disputes should be used only as a matter,of last resort.
4. It is essential to build internal leadership and to free unions from political control. In this regard workers’ education should be intensified to build up internal union leadership and to improve knowledge among workers.
5. Each party should develop positive attitude towards each other. They should develop the skill to understand the view points of the other side.
6. Collective bargaining should be restricted to matters concerning interests. Disputes concerning rights are better settled through grievance machinery.
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Recommendations of the National Commission of Labour for successful functioning of collective bargaining:
Government intervention in industrial relations, particularly in the settlement of industrial disputes, should be reduced gradually to the minimum possible extent. Compulsory adjudication of disputes should be used only as a last resort.
Trade unions should be strengthened both organisationally and financially by amending the Trade Union Act of 1926 to make registration of unions compulsory, to enhance the union membership fee, to reduce the presence of outsiders in the union executive and among the office bearers and to increase the minimum number of members in respect of the union applying for registration.