Question

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The first textile mill was started in Mumbai on 11th July 1851 by Kawasjee Dawar. In the 1980s, the increasing
unrest among workers was due to the economic conditions in other sectors. In some industries the wages of the
workers were increasing. They were also getting more amounts as bonus. They were getting more facilities than
the textile mill workers.In the Diwali of 1981, the workers expected to get a bonus of 20%. The Rashtriya Mill
Mazdoor Sangh, which was negotiating with the employers, agreed upon 8 to 17% bonus without taking the
workers into confidence. The cut in the bonus proved to be the cause of unrest. Some workers went to Dr Datta
Samant. They asked him to accept their leadership. Workers of 65 mills came together and Dr Datta Samant led
the strike. On 18thJanuary 1982, two and a half lakh workers went on a strike. Girangaon mills stopped running
making it seem like Mumbai’s heart stopped throbbing.
1. What were the effects of the strike of mill workers in Mumbai?

Answer 1

Answer:

The strike in Bombay's 60 textile mills is estimated to have led to a production loss of 1,400 million metres, that is, roughly half the annual output of the organised sector of the industry, over about an 18-month period in 1982 and 1983. Raw material prices skyrocket.