Trade Union Act 1926

MCQs points on Trade Union Act 1926

1. Cre­ation of a po­lit­i­cal fund by trade unions un­der the Trade Union Act is Op­tional.

2. 10% or 100 or 7 will be the 
min­i­mum num­ber of work­ers 
re­quired for or­ga­niz­ing a trade union for reg­is­tra­tion ac­cord­ing to the lat­est amend­ment un­der the Trade Unions’ Act, 1926.

3. The min­i­mum sub­scrip­tion rate for mem­bers of trade unions of rural work­ers shall not be less than Rs. 1 per an­num.

4. A union may claim recog­ni­tion for an in­dus­try in a lo­cal area, if it has mem­ber­ship of 25% of the work­ers of that in­dus­try in that area.

5. The reg­is­tered trade union can 
col­lect po­lit­i­cal fund from its mem­bers as a Sep­a­rate fund from the

in­ter­ested mem­bers.

6. Trade union means any com­bi­na­tion formed

pri­mar­ily for the pur­pose of reg­u­lat­ing the re­la­tions

be­tween Work­men and em­ploy­ers, work­men and

work­men, em­ploy­ers and em­ploy­ers tem­po­rary or

per­ma­nent.

7.The Trade Unions Act em­pow­ers a trade union to cre­ate a Gen­eral Fund for its ad­min­is­tra­tion and

main­te­nance. A trade union 
pur­chased shares in the Unit Trust of In­dia to en­hance its Gen­eral Fund

Ac­count.