Trace Your Case

ISSUE:

Whether the dismissal of a collective group of workers by the employer constitutes an industrial dispute within the purview of Section 2(k) of the Industrial Disputes Act

Whether the union, despite representing only a minority of employees within the establishment, possesses sufficient representative authority to validly raise the dispute on behalf of the dismissed workers

RULE:

A dispute qualifies as an industrial dispute if it involves employment conditions affecting a group of workers and may be raised by any union or group that sufficiently represents them, regardless of majority status within the establishment.

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