| Re: Should strikes be banned Dear Kalyani,
The right to strike has been granted by Industrial Disputes Act,1947 and has the support of Article 19 of the Indian Constitution. If you look at the objective of both the Act and our Constitution strike per se is not bad and is a peaceful form of protest by a group of people against any exploitative laws in force as a last resort. It can be done against the Government, Organisation or Statutory Bodies. Even Mahatma Gandhi's Civil Disobidience is a form of Strike.
Now, any violence, coersion, intimidation and arm twisting by Unions should not only be banned but strict action like termination,
or even Criminal Proceedings should be carried on and the acts should be classified in the same category as riot, loot, arson.
What you must present is that Strike should be dealt by the causes and the manner in which it was implemented by Unions.
Regards,
SC | 
