Strikers and Strike-Breakers-Bombay Textile Mills Strike, 1929

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Vol. 17, Issue No. 14-15-16, 17 Apr, 1982

Updated on 29 April 2020

Georges Krist offel Lieten

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Annual Number

Vol. 17, Issue No. 14-15-16, 17 Apr, 1982

Updated on 29 April 2020

Georges Krist offel Lieten

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Bombay Mill Strike

Textile Industry

Labour

Strikers and Strike-Breakers-Bombay Textile Mills Strike, 1929

During the drawn-out textile strike in Bombay in 1928, in which communists for the first time played an active rote in an industrial conflict, the multiclass front teas broken as a consequence of the workers' independent action against the entrepreneurs as a class. Even before the no less dramatic strike in 1929, the communist leaders had consolidated their position, and fought at the helm of a one lakh strong organisation.

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