- Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
Infobox Union
name= BMS
country=India
affiliation= Independent
members= 6.2 million (2002)
full_name= Indian Workers Union
native_name= Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
founded=July 23 ,1955
current=
head=
dissolved_date=
dissolved_state=
merged_into=
office=New Delhi , India
people=Girish Awasthi , president
website= [http://www.bms.org.in www.bms.org.in]
footnotes=The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (Indian Workers' Union) is the largest central
trade union organization inIndia . It was founded byDattopantji Thengdi onJuly 23 ,1955 , which also happens to the birthday ofBal Gangadhar Tilak .The BMS itself claims to have over 8.3 million members. At present it is estimated around 5860 unions are affiliated to the BMS. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, the BMS had a membership of 6215797 in 2002. [http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf] It can also be noted that the BMS is not affiliated to any International Trade Union Confederation.
For individual unions affiliated to the BMS, see .
Girish Awasthi is the current president of the organization, and Mr.Lakshma Reddy its General Secretary.
References
External links
* [http://www.bms.org.in BMS website]
* [http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/31/stories/2006123102161000.htm BMS records largest increase in membership]ee also
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Indian Trade Unions
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