Workers' participation in management
Also called: Article 43A · Topic: Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
Article 43A was added by the 42nd Amendment, 1976. It asks the State to make sure workers share in running industries, not just work in them. It is a socialistic directive and aims to bring democracy into the workplace. Like all directives, no court can enforce it.
Example
The government ran voluntary schemes for workers' participation in management in 1975 and 1983. Under these, workers' representatives sat in councils of their factories and other workplaces.
Don't confuse with
- Cooperative societies (Art. 43B, 97th Amendment, 2011): Art. 43B is about promoting cooperatives that members form freely, run themselves and control democratically. Art. 43A is about workers having a say inside industrial undertakings.
Related concepts
- Socialistic principles
- Social order based on justice
- Equitable distribution of material resources
- Adequate means of livelihood
- Equal pay for equal work
- Protection against economic exploitation
- Right to work, education and public assistance
- Living wage