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Question
Identify and discuss the plight of the various stakeholders in the Bombay Textile strike of 1982.
Solution
- The Bombay Textile strike of 1982, which was led by the trade union leader, Dr. Datta Samant, and affected nearly a quarter of a million workers and their families. The strike lasted nearly two years.
- Women workers participated actively in the strike. However, they experienced a conflict between their role as a participant in the strike and their responsibility towards their families and children.
- Members of the RMMS played a role in breaking the strike by bringing people to work.
- Nearly one lakh workers lost their jobs and went back to their villages, or took up casual labour.
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