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{{Infobox union<br />
| location_country = {{flag|India}}<br />
| abbreviation = '''BMS'''<br />
| type = [[Trade Union]]<br />
| status = Active<br />
| members = 6,215,797 (2002)<br />
| logo = Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh Logo.png<br />
| logo_caption = Official logo of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh <br />
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1955|07|23}}<br />
| founder = [[Dattopant Thengadi]]<br />
| dissolved = <br />
| merged = <br />
| headquarters = Sir Sobha Singh Buildings, [[Garstin Bastion Road, New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| leader_title = National President (Present)<br />
| leader_name = Hiranmany Pandya<br />
| leader_title2 = National General Secretary (Present)<br />
| leader_name2 = Ravindra Himte<br />
| key_people = Surendra Kumar Pandey, C. K. Sajinarayan,<br> Virjesh Upadhyay<br />
Malla Jagadish Rao, B Surendran, Durairaj, Hari Prasad G<br />
| parent_organization = [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS)<br />
| website = {{URL|www.bms.org.in}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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[[File:Bmssticker (81).JPG|thumb|right|BMS sticker]]<br />
The '''Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh''' ([[translation]]: ''Indian Workers' Union'') is a trade union in [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091017/jsp/frontpage/story_11626260.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141208105136/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091017/jsp/frontpage/story_11626260.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 December 2014|title=RSS outfits grow, away from politics<br />
}}</ref> It was founded by [[Dattopant Thengadi]] on 23 July 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh contributing tremendously in protecting workers rights : Jai Ram Thakur|url=https://www.5dariyanews.com/news/328546-Bharatiya-Mazdoor-Sangh-contributing-tremendously-in-protecting-workers-rights-Jai-Ram-Thakur|access-date=2021-07-14|website=5 Dariya News}}</ref> The BMS is not affiliated to any International Trade Union Confederation. It is the labour wing of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]], a [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] [[Hindutva]] [[paramilitary]] organisation, and forms a part of the [[Sangh Parivar]], a collective of Hindutva organisations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141205/nation-current-affairs/article/rss-backed-union-joins-trade-stir-against-nda-government%E2%80%99s|title=RSS-backed union joins trade stir against NDA government's 'anti-worker' labour laws amendments}}</ref><br />
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The BMS itself claims to have more than 10 million members. According to provisional statistics from the [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Ministry of Labour]], the BMS had a membership of 6,215,797 in 2002.<ref>[http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110409191235/http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf archive]</ref> The BMS protested against the [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] policies of the [[Rao ministry|Narasimha Rao Government]], the [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda Government]], and the [[Gujral ministry|Gujral Government]]. During the tenure of the [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA Government]] also which had “friends” of BMS in it, BMS had to oppose the anti-labour policies. In the [[Second Modi ministry|Modi Government]], it called for a nationwide movement on 10 June 2020 to protest privatisation in public-sector undertakings (PSUs).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telecomtariff.in/2020/06/trade-union-bharatiya-mazdoor-sangh.html|title=Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh calls Nationwide Agitation to protest against privatization of public sector undertakings (PSUs)}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official|bms.org.in}}<br />
* [http://www.bteubsnl.in/ BTEU BSNL (BMS Affiliated Union website in Telecom Sector)]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070105181411/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/31/stories/2006123102161000.htm BMS records largest increase in membership]<br />
* [https://profit.ndtv.com/news/your-money/article-trade-unions-oppose-raising-of-pf-body-investment-in-stocks-1427456 Trade Unions Oppose Increase In PF Body's Investment In Stocks]<br />
* [https://www.thestatesman.com/india/bms-opposes-clause-contract-labour-act-1502565247.html BMS opposes clause in Contract Labour Act]<br />
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