Law: Industrial Relations Ordinance, (XXIII of 1969)

Section: 22

Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969), S. 22-Collec ttve Bargaining Agent- Ordinance envisages only one Collective Bargaining Agent for an establishment or group of establishments Employer has right to deal only with one much agent-More than one Collective Bargaining Agents for different categories of workers- Prejudicial to interest and legal right of employer.                                                                                                                             ORDER The Management of WPIDC Salt, Mines, Khewera, District Jhelum, has submitted this application under section 34 of the IRO with the prayer that the orders passed by the respondent No. I on 31-5-73, declaring respondents Nos. 2 and 3 as Collective Bargaining Agents for different categories of workers in the same establishment be declared to be without jurisdiction, illegal and void. It is further prayed that the notice of demand served by respondents No. 2 and 3 be declared as illegal and of no con sequence and me Registrar be directed to hot a secret ballot for determining the Collective Bargaining Agent In the petitioner establishment. The case of the petitioner is that it employs various categories of workers to carry out excavation and production of salt. The entire establishment is under the control of one Management. It is located at one site and is a single entity. There are three Trade Unions in this establishment namely (i) Employers and Labour Union, (ii) shot Fires Union, and (iii) West Pakistan Salt Miners Labour Union. Employees & Labour Union (respondent No. 2) made an application 'to respondent No. I for holding a referendum for determining the Collective Bargaining Agent for the petitioner establishment. Respondent No. 1 advised this Union to amend its constitution to restrict its membership to workers other than the Shot Firers and Miners…