Hind Mazdoor Sabha

Hind Mazdoor Sabha

Infobox Union
name= HMS
country= India
affiliation= ITUC
members= 3.3 million
full_name= Hind Mazdoor Sabha
native_name=


founded= December 29, 1948
current=
head=
dissolved_date=
dissolved_state=
merged_into=
office= New Delhi, India
people= Manohar Kotwal, president
Umraomal Purohit, general secretary
website= [http://members.rediff.com/hms/ members.rediff.com/hms/]
footnotes=

The Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS, a Hindi name with approximate meaning 'Workers Assembly of India') is a national trade union center in India.

History

The HMS was founded in Howrah on December 24, 1948, by socialists, Forward Bloc followers and independent unionists. Its founders included Basawon Singh (Sinha), Ashok Mehta, R.S. Ruikar, Maniben Kara, Shibnath Banerjee, R.A. Khedgikar, T.S. Ramanujam, V.S. Mathur, G.G. Mehta. R.S. Ruikar was elected president and Ashok Mehta general secretary. HMS absorded the Royist Indian Federation of Labour and the socialist Hind Mazdoor Panchayat. In March 1949, HMS claimed to have 380 affiliated unions with a combined membership of 618 802. [Park, Richard L.. " [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0362-8949%2819490810%2918%3A16%3C181%3ALAPII%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9 Labor and Politics in India] ", in Far Eastern Survey, Vol. 18, No. 16. (Aug. 10, 1949), pp. 181-187.] [http://www.mkiindia.org/hms.htm header3 ] ]

Membership

According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, HMS had a membership of 3342213 in 2002.(13% of the total trade union membership in the country). [http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf] [ [http://www.indianexpress.com/iep/sunday/story/222664.html indianexpress.com ] ]

International affiliations

In 1949 HMS became a founding member of the ICFTU. Currently, it is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.

References

*cite book
year = 2005
title = Trade Unions of the World
editor = ICTUR et al,
edition = 6th
publisher = John Harper Publishing
location = London, UK
id = ISBN 0-9543811-5-7

External links

* [http://members.rediff.com/hms/ Official site]


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