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| name               = Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS)
|name= HMS
| formation          = 29 December 1948
|country= [[India]]
| logo                = HMSflag.png
|affiliation= [[International Trade Union Confederation|ITUC]]
| abbreviation        = HMS
|members= 3.3 million
| founder            = [[Basawon Singh]], [[Ashok Mehta]], [[R.S. Ruikar]], [[Maniben Kara]], Shibnath Banerjee, R.A. Khedgikar, T.S. Ramanujam, V.S. Mathur, G.G. Mehta.
|full_name= Hind Mazdoor Sabha
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| headquarters        = [[New Delhi]]
|image= [[File:HMSflag.png|150px]]
| membership          = 3.3 million
|founded= 29 December 1948
| leader_name        = Harbhajan Singh (General Secretary) & [[C.A. Rajasridhar]] (President)
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| affiliations        = [[ITUC]]
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| website             = https://www.hindmazdoorsabha.co.in/
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|office= [[New Delhi]], India
|people= [[Raja Shridhar]], president <br /> [[Harbhajan Singh Sidhu]], general secretary
|website= [http://www.hindmazdoorsabha.com/]
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The '''Hind Mazdoor Sabha''' (HMS, a [[Hindi]] name meaning "Workers Assembly of India") is a [[national trade union centre]] in [[India]].
'''Hind Mazdoor Sabha''' ('''HMS''') is the third largest trade-union federation in India after the [[All India Trade Union Congress]] and the [[Indian National Trade Union Congress]]. The HMS was formed by the Socialists in 1948 but has little real connection with the [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]. It is one of the least political and most pragmatic trade-union federations in India. The HMS is affiliated with the [[International Confederation of Free Trade Unions]].


==History==
==History==
The HMS was founded in [[Howrah]] in west Bengal on 29 December 1948, by socialists, [[All India Forward Bloc|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 absorbed the [[M.N. Roy|Royist]] [[Indian Federation of Labour]] and the [[Hind Mazdoor Panchayat]], which was formed in 1948 by socialists leaving the increasingly communist dominated [[AITUC]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, and Labour Legislation| pages=79–80|first1=P.R.N.|last1=Sinha|first2=Indubala|last2=Sinha|last3=Shekhar|first3=Seema|publisher=Pearson Educational |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6lBKowR6ReoC&pg=PA80&dq=Hind+mazdoor+sabha&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj21s3ClPbUAhVL2IMKHYXnAT84ChDoAQgnMAE#v=onepage&q=Hind%20mazdoor%20sabha&f=false|year=2006}}</ref> In March 1949, HMS claimed to have 380 affiliated unions with a combined membership of 618,802.<ref>Park, Richard L.. ''[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3024423 Labor and Politics in India]'', in Far Eastern Survey, Vol. 18, No. 16. (10 August 1949), pp. 181-187.</ref><ref name="mki">[http://www.mkiindia.org/hms.htm header3<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128112817/http://www.mkiindia.org/hms.htm |date=28 November 2007 }}</ref>
The HMS was founded in [[Howrah]] in west Bengal on 29 December 1948, by socialists, [[All India Forward Bloc|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 absorbed the [[M.N. Roy|Royist]] [[Indian Federation of Labour]] and the [[Hind Mazdoor Panchayat]], which was formed in 1948 by socialists leaving the increasingly communist dominated [[AITUC]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, and Labour Legislation| pages=79–80|first1=P.R.N.|last1=Sinha|first2=Indubala|last2=Sinha|last3=Shekhar|first3=Seema|publisher=Pearson Educational |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6lBKowR6ReoC&dq=Hind+mazdoor+sabha&pg=PA80|year=2006| isbn=9788177588132}}</ref> In March 1949, HMS claimed to have 380 affiliated unions with a combined membership of 618,802.<ref>Park, Richard L.. ''[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3024423 Labor and Politics in India]'', in Far Eastern Survey, Vol. 18, No. 16. (10 August 1949), pp. 181-187.</ref><ref name="mki">[http://www.mkiindia.org/hms.htm header3<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128112817/http://www.mkiindia.org/hms.htm |date=28 November 2007 }}</ref>


==Membership==
==Membership==
According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, HMS had a membership of 3,342,213 in 2002.(13% of the total trade union membership in the country).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf |title=Aggregate data on membership of CTUOs 1989 and 2002 (Provisional) |accessdate=9 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409191235/http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf |archivedate=9 April 2011 }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120912185943/http://www.indianexpress.com/iep/sunday/story/222664.html indianexpress.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, HMS had a membership of 3,342,213 in 2002.(13% of the total trade union membership in the country).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf |title=Aggregate data on membership of CTUOs 1989 and 2002 (Provisional) |accessdate=9 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409191235/http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf |archivedate=9 April 2011 }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120912185943/http://www.indianexpress.com/iep/sunday/story/222664.html indianexpress.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


[[All India Railwaymen's Federation]], the largest trade union in the [[Indian Railways]] with a membership of 1.4 million is affiliated with Hind Mazdoor Sabha.<ref name="ET0613">{{cite news|title=Indian Railways headed for first indefinite strike in October |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/indian-railways-headed-for-first-indefinite-strike-in-october/articleshow/20825762.cms| publisher=Economic Times|date=June 29, 2013|author=Vikas Dhoot}}.</ref><ref name="HMS">{{cite web|title=List of Federations|url=http://www.hindmazdoorsabha.com/office-details.php?ID=6|publisher = Hind Mazdoor Sabha|accessdate=July 7, 2017}}</ref> [[All India Port and Dock Workers Federation]], the largest trade union representing workers at India's 12 major government-owned ports is also affiliated with the Hind Mazdoor Sabha.<ref name="CoC">{{cite book|title= Challenge of Change: Industrial Relations in Indian Industry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnI7-soFMcUC&pg=PA454|page=454|editor1-last=Venkataraman|editor1-first=CS|editor2-last=Varma|editor2-first=Anil|publisher = Allied Publishers|year=1997|contribution=Changes in Industrial Relation in Indian Ports|last=Venkataraman|first=CS|accessdate=July 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Government planning to convert 12 of 13 Union govt-owned ports into companies|accessdate=July 7, 2017|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/1bNWZWafvfvLyVywQK6vvJ/Government-planning-to-convert-12-of-13-ports-into-companies.html|publisher=LiveMint|author=P. Manoj}}</ref>
[[All India Railwaymen's Federation]], the largest trade union in the [[Indian Railways]] with a membership of 1.4 million is affiliated with Hind Mazdoor Sabha.<ref name="ET0613">{{cite news|title=Indian Railways headed for first indefinite strike in October |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/indian-railways-headed-for-first-indefinite-strike-in-october/articleshow/20825762.cms| publisher=Economic Times|date=June 29, 2013|author=Vikas Dhoot}}.</ref><ref name="HMS">{{cite web|title=List of Federations|url=http://www.hindmazdoorsabha.com/office-details.php?ID=6|publisher = Hind Mazdoor Sabha|accessdate=July 7, 2017}}</ref> [[All India Port and Dock Workers Federation]], the largest trade union representing workers at India's 12 major government-owned ports is also affiliated with the Hind Mazdoor Sabha.<ref name="CoC">{{cite book|title= Challenge of Change: Industrial Relations in Indian Industry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnI7-soFMcUC&pg=PA454|page=454|editor1-last=Venkataraman|editor1-first=CS|editor2-last=Varma|editor2-first=Anil|publisher = Allied Publishers|year=1997|contribution=Changes in Industrial Relation in Indian Ports|last=Venkataraman|first=CS|isbn = 9788170236511|accessdate=July 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Government planning to convert 12 of 13 Union govt-owned ports into companies|accessdate=July 7, 2017|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/1bNWZWafvfvLyVywQK6vvJ/Government-planning-to-convert-12-of-13-ports-into-companies.html|publisher=LiveMint|author=P. Manoj}}</ref>


==International affiliations==
==International affiliations==
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Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS)
AbbreviationHMS
Formation29 December 1948
FounderBasawon Singh, Ashok Mehta, R.S. Ruikar, Maniben Kara, Shibnath Banerjee, R.A. Khedgikar, T.S. Ramanujam, V.S. Mathur, G.G. Mehta.
TypeTrade union
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Membership
3.3 million
LeaderHarbhajan Singh (General Secretary) & C.A. Rajasridhar (President)
AffiliationsITUC
Websitehttps://www.hindmazdoorsabha.co.in/

Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) is the third largest trade-union federation in India after the All India Trade Union Congress and the Indian National Trade Union Congress. The HMS was formed by the Socialists in 1948 but has little real connection with the Socialist Party. It is one of the least political and most pragmatic trade-union federations in India. The HMS is affiliated with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.

History[edit | edit source]

The HMS was founded in Howrah in west Bengal on 29 December 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 absorbed the Royist Indian Federation of Labour and the Hind Mazdoor Panchayat, which was formed in 1948 by socialists leaving the increasingly communist dominated AITUC.[1] In March 1949, HMS claimed to have 380 affiliated unions with a combined membership of 618,802.[2][3]

Membership[edit | edit source]

According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, HMS had a membership of 3,342,213 in 2002.(13% of the total trade union membership in the country).[4][5]

All India Railwaymen's Federation, the largest trade union in the Indian Railways with a membership of 1.4 million is affiliated with Hind Mazdoor Sabha.[6][7] All India Port and Dock Workers Federation, the largest trade union representing workers at India's 12 major government-owned ports is also affiliated with the Hind Mazdoor Sabha.[8][9]

International affiliations[edit | edit source]

In 1949 HMS became a founding member of the ICFTU.[3] Currently, it is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Sinha, P.R.N.; Sinha, Indubala; Shekhar, Seema (2006). Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, and Labour Legislation. Pearson Educational. pp. 79–80. ISBN 9788177588132.
  2. ↑ Park, Richard L.. Labor and Politics in India, in Far Eastern Survey, Vol. 18, No. 16. (10 August 1949), pp. 181-187.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 header3 Archived 28 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Aggregate data on membership of CTUOs 1989 and 2002 (Provisional)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  5. ↑ indianexpress.com
  6. ↑ Vikas Dhoot (29 June 2013). "Indian Railways headed for first indefinite strike in October". Economic Times..
  7. ↑ "List of Federations". Hind Mazdoor Sabha. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Venkataraman, CS (1997). "Changes in Industrial Relation in Indian Ports". In Venkataraman, CS; Varma, Anil (eds.). Challenge of Change: Industrial Relations in Indian Industry. Allied Publishers. p. 454. ISBN 9788170236511. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  9. ↑ P. Manoj. "Government planning to convert 12 of 13 Union govt-owned ports into companies". LiveMint. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  • ICTUR, ed. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.

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