Arrange the following statement in the correct sequence in regard to Bombay Textile strike.

(A) According to Bombay Industrial Relation Act, a union had to be approved and the only way it would be approved was if it gave up the idea of strikes
(B) Slowly after two years, people started going back to work because they were desperate
(C) Nearly one lakh workers lost their jobs and went back to their villages or took up casual labour, others moved to smaller towns like Bhiwandi, Malegaon, etc to work in powerloom sector
(D) The Congress led Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh was the only approved union and it broke the strike by bringing in other workers
(E) Bombay Textile Strike under Dr. Datta Samant wanted better wages for workers and right to form their own union

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(E), (A), (D), (B), (C)

The correct answer is Option (2) → (E), (A), (D), (B), (C)

The Bombay Textile strike of 1982, 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. The workers wanted better wages and also wanted the right to form their own union (E). According to the Bombay Industrial Relations Act (BIRA), a union had to be ‘approved’ and the only way it could be ‘approved’ was if it gave up the idea of strikes (A). The Congress-led Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh (RMMS) was the only approved union and it helped to break the strike by bringing in other workers (D). The Government also refused to listen to the worker’s demands. Slowly after two years, people started going back to work because they were desperate (B). Nearly one lakh workers lost their jobs, and went back to their villages or took up casual labour, others moved to smaller towns like Bhiwandi, Malegaon and Icchalkaranji, to work in the powerloom sector (C). Mill owners did not invest in machinery and modernisation. Today, they are trying to sell off the mill land to real estate dealers to build luxury apartments, leading to a battle over who will define the future of Bombay – the workers who built it or the mill owners and real estate agents.