NEW DELHI, Jan. 27 -- Trade unions are indispensable entities in industrial relations. In order to maintain justice and equity in employment situations, trade unions have historically fought against exploitation and arbitrariness, secured better working and living conditions, and protected jobs and actual incomes. Following a lengthy history of union activism, it acquired benefits under collective bargaining agreements, several laws and industrial jurisprudence. Those initiatives have resulted in the growth of even numerous social organisations. However, today, it seems India's labour unions are at a crossroads in the background of recent developments in the labour market.

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