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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}{{Infobox organization
| name = Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS)
| formation = 29 December 1948
| logo = HMSflag.png
| abbreviation = HMS
| founder = [[Basawon Singh]], [[Ashok Mehta]], [[R.S. Ruikar]], [[Maniben Kara]], Shibnath Banerjee, R.A. Khedgikar, T.S. Ramanujam, V.S. Mathur, G.G. Mehta.
| type = Trade union
| headquarters = [[New Delhi]]
| membership = 3.3 million
| leader_name = Harbhajan Singh (General Secretary) & [[C.A. Rajasridhar]] (President)
| affiliations = [[ITUC]]
| website = https://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 (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==
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] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128112817/http://www.mkiindia.org/hms.htm |date=28 November 2007 }}</ref>

==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]</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==
In 1949 HMS became a founding member of the [[ICFTU]].<ref name="mki"/> Currently, it is affiliated with the [[International Trade Union Confederation]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite book
| year = 2005
| title = Trade Unions of the World
| editor = ICTUR
| editor-link = International Centre for Trade Union Rights
| edition = 6th
| publisher = John Harper Publishing
| location = London, UK
| isbn = 0-9543811-5-7
}}

==External links==
* [http://www.hindmazdoorsabha.com/ Official Website]

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