HERBERTSONS LIMITED Vs. WORKMEN OF HERBERTSONS LTD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS appeal by special leave brings forth a rather disquieting feature of union rivalry whereby the significance of collective bargaining, which is the forte of a union, is sought to be made a flop. We say this in the absence of any suggestion to mala fides or of any other ulterior motive alleged by the contending union on the part of the rival union or its principal officer who had negotiated a certain settlement on behalf of the workmen in substitution of the award of the Industrial Tribunal out of which this appeal arose.

(2.) THE appellant before us is the employer, supported, wholehog, by the Bombay General Kamgar Sabha, respondent No. 3. Respondent No. 2 is the only contending union, viz., Mumbai Mazdoor Sabha.

(3.) THE wage scales existing at the time of reference were as follows:- <FRM>JUDGEMENT_736_4_1976Html2.htm</FRM>