Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

{{Short description|Trade union in India}}

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{{Infobox union

| name = Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)

| location_country = {{flagicon|India}} India

| abbreviation = BMS

| type = Trade Union

| status = Active

| members = 6,215,797 (2002)

| logo = Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh Logo.png

| logo_caption = Official logo of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1955|07|23}}

| founder = Dattopant Thengadi

| dissolved =

| merged =

| headquarters = Sir Sobha Singh Buildings, Garstin Bastion Road, New Delhi, India

| leader_title = National President (Present)

| leader_name = Hiranmany Pandya

| leader_title2 = National General Secretary (Present)

| leader_name2 = Ravindra Himte

| key_people = Surendra Kumar Pandey, C. K. Sajinarayan,
Virjesh Upadhyay

Malla Jagadish Rao, B Surendran, Durairaj, Hari Prasad G

| parent_organization = Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

| website = {{URL|www.bms.org.in}}

| footnotes =

}}

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The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (translation: Indian Workers' Union) is a trade union in India.{{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

}} It was founded by Dattopant Thengadi on 23 July 1955.{{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}}

The BMS itself claims to have more than 10 million members. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, the BMS had a membership of 6,215,797 in 2002.[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] The BMS is not affiliated to any International Trade Union Confederation. It is the labour wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and forms part of the Sangh Parivar.{{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}}

BMS protested against the anti-labour policies of the Narasimha Rao Government of the Congress, leftists supported Deve Gowda Government and Gujral Government. During the tenure of the NDA Government also which had “friends” of BMS in it, BMS had to oppose the anti-labour policies. Now in Modi Government tenure, called for nationwide movement on 10 June 2020 to protest privatization in PSUs.{{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)}}