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Explain the following concept. Workers movement

Vidyadip · Accepted Answer

The workers’ movement in India emerged in the background of industrialisation.

The latter half of the 19th century saw the rise of the textile industry and railway companies in India. The workers demanded solutions to issues faced like unstable employment conditions, contract labour, financial insecurity, absence of legal protection, unlimited working hours, insecurity at the workplace, health hazards, etc.
The railway workers went on strike in 1899 for the fulfilment of their demands.
Later, in 1920 the first organization, named All India Trade Union Congress was established for resolving the issues of workers. The workers’ movement became more active and organized several agitations in the post-independence period around the 1960s and 1970s.
However, in the 1980s, these movements started getting disintegrated. They were mainly affected by globalization.

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