• Dr Pranjol Protim Kakoty

Industrial dispute in an industry is a common phenomenon. The tea industry of India as a whole and that of Assam in particular is not exception to it. Industrial dispute in the tea plantation sector of India was started as early as 1848. Since then there has been a long history of industrial disputes in the tea industry of India both in colonial and post colonial period. The paper aims to discuss the methods of settlement of industrial disputes in the tea plantation sector of Assam in the post independence period. The paper studies a number of industrial disputes taken place in Assam during the post colonial period and method of conciliation to settle those by various authorities. The paper tries to focus on the role of the trade unions, management of tea gardens and the state government of Assam in the process of dispute settlement. The paper also aims to establish the importance of smooth and effective conciliation and early settlement of disputes in a labour intensive industry like the tea industry of Assam.

Labour Movement, Trade Unions, Industrial Disputes, Conciliation, Tea Plantation Sector

"INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES AND THE PROCESS OF SETTLEMENT: A STUDY IN THE TEA PLANTATION SECTOR OF ASSAM.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.725-731, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912099.pdf

"INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES AND THE PROCESS OF SETTLEMENT: A STUDY IN THE TEA PLANTATION SECTOR OF ASSAM.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp725-731, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912099.pdf