Why dress/Uniform is required for industries? Is it for discipline like school dress or for any other reason. In most of the industries it is for nature of activities which make dirty of the normal dress if employees work with their own dress. Industries where is Union they usually talk to management about color , quality of the material , design etc.
In case of electronics industry, the employees have been provided uniform like doctor's coat. In my last organization ( Vesuvius India Ltd., MNC - Refractory Industry ) there are dress code linked to nature of job for every one including MD. Management staff are wearing doctor's coat and color of the coat is varying with nature of job - Production gray, maintenance - red, Administration - white etc.
But in all above cases the cost of the dress including washing charge/arrangement for washing is taken care by management as it is management's need. If in any organization union(s) are claiming for dress, to my opinion there must be some reasons. In case of establishment / offices union(s) are not claiming for dress in normal cases but the organization is providing dress to office boy, security etc. as a part of discipline.
I totally agree with Mr, Nair.
S K Bandyopadhyay ( WB, Howrah)