WORKERS, UNIONS AND MULTINATIONALS 5 although workers' views will have a certain congruence with the ideological perceptions of the surrounding society, their specific formation will to a great extent depend on the ideological stand of the organization to which they belong, in case of a trade union of which they are a member. We shall first analyse the general attitude of the sample work force towards multinational corporations, and shall then set out a number of correlations in order to find out which factors are most decisive in shaping the opinions. The positioning of the trade union leadership will be taken up for special treatment. Assessment of Multinational Corporations The presence of multinational corporations in developing countries is generally defended on the basis of three salutary effects : the addition of capital, the transfer of technology and the introduction of efficient and democratic management structures.5 The latter contribution can be looked at from a number of angles. Approximately half of the workers in the sample welcomed the multinational corporations. However, only a few of them did so because of the efficient management of the labour process and of the cordial relations with the labour force. The 24 respondents in the Nocil factory and head office were all in praise of the management for its good salaries, its good cooperation with the union and its harassment-free attitude. Said M. Fernandez, a welder who touched Rs. 2500 a month, not an exceptional salary in the company : ^We have not had a strike since 1967. Also in other respects, the company plays a pioneering role. It supplies many essential petrochemical products to the country and makes a good contribution to the revenue of the government". A few workers, as in the case of Nocil, appreciated the MNCs for the supply of modern technology, but even then did not have a blind faith in the contribution. B. Purandere, an M. Corn. who woiks as a steno at the HL head office, and draws a reasonable salary of Rs. 2000, sees it as follows : "A country like ours is in need of modern technology. For that purpose, up to a certain period, MNCs can be allowed to exist. After we acquire the technical know-how, they should be sent away". The workpeople who had a by and large positive attitude towards multinational corporations, were not altogether devoid of critical considerations. Numerous were the respondents who called the employment conditions good, but added that it was to a very big extent because of the strength of the union activities. Numerous also were the respondents who compared the positive aspects like generation of employment with such other factors as a drain on the country's foreign resources and the vindictive management. A major trade union leader, a steno-assistant at Peico, in a nutshell expressed the different shades of opinion present in many respondents who generally approved of the presence of MNCs : Our Bombay union philosophy is that the progress of the worker is