Who established the ‘Rashtriya Mill Majdoor Sangh’ (RMMS) in Mumbai ?

Who established the ‘Rashtriya Mill Majdoor Sangh’ (RMMS) in Mumbai ? Correct Answer G.D. Ambekar

The correct answer is G.D. Ambekar.

Key Points

Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh -

• The Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh is a trade union for textile mills in Mumbai, India.
• GD Ambekar was a trade unionist and founder of the Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh (RMMS) and was a leader of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) and a member of the governing body of the ILO(International Labour Organization). Hence the correct answer is option 1.
• He died in the year 1964 (December) while he was returning from a meeting of the ILO.
• He was an important non-communist leader of the mill industry in Bombay and was a votary of not using strikes as a way of resolving labour issues and formed the non-communist union-RMMS.
• The Great Bombay Textile Strike was a textile strike called on 18 January 1982 by the mill workers of Mumbai under trade union leader Dutta Samant.
• The purpose of the strike was to obtain bonuses and increases in wages.