Worker’s Co-operative/Auto Management:
In this extreme form of labour participation, workers take over the industrial unit and manage it completely on co-operative basis.
Naturally, the entire management is by the workers themselves. This method is called “Auto-management”. One example in India under this category is that of Kamarii Tubes Limited. This leading unit was closed down in 1985 due to sickness. Workers suffered heavy loss. Now, workers have contributed to its capital and have become its owners. The Kamani Employees union took initiative in starting this unit with the co-operation of financial institutions from 6th April, 1989. The Supreme Court also allowed the workers to run the unit. This is the first example for participative management in the manufacturing sector in India. It is one significant constructive development in the field of Trade unionism in India.
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