A trade union is defined in S. 2(1) TUA. The provision reads that a trade union means any association or combination of workmen or employers, being workmen whose place of work is in West Malaysia, Sabah or Sarawak as the case may be, or employers employing workmen in West Malaysia, Sabah or Sarawak, as the case may be within any particular establishment trade, occupation or industry or within any similar trades occupations or industries: and whether temporary or permanent; and having among its objects one or more of the following objects - a. the regulation of relations between workmen and employers, for the purposes of promoting good and harmonious industrial relations between workmen and employers, improving the working conditions of workmen or enhancing their economic and social status, or increasing productivity; b. the regulation of relations between workmen and workmen, or between employers and employers; c. the representation of either workmen or employers in trade disputes ; d. the conducting of, or dealing with, trade disputes and matters related thereto; or e. the promotion or organization or financing of strikes or lock-outs is any trade or industry or the provision of pay or other benefits for its members during a strike or lock-out. As a result of the above definition, the following implications arise and also limits the power of trade union: a. trade unions need not be called a union. It can also be called an association e.g. the University of Malaya Academic S