Akhil Bharatiya Kamgar Sena is a trade union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

 centre in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. ABKS is the labour wing of the Akhil Bharatiya Sena

Akhil Bharatiya Sena

Akhil Bharatiya Sena is a political party in India. Founded in 1997 and led by the Mumbai mafia don and contract killer Arun Gawli . Gawli had earlier been close to the Shiv Sena supremo, Bal Thackeray, but in 1996 a bloody feud surged between them when Arun Gawli mercilessly slew several Sena...

 of Arun Gawli

Arun Gawli

Arun Gulab Gawli , known to his followers as "Daddy", is an alleged criminal turned politician from Mumbai, India. He is based at Dagdi Chawl in Byculla- Saat Rasta, Mumbai...

. Gawli is the president of ABKS. At the time of its foundation, ABKS claimed a membership of 50 000. Soon after the launching of ABKS, the new union was able to take over some workplace unions previously run by Bharatiya Kamgar Sena or Maharashtra General Kamgar Union

Maharashtra General Kamgar Union

Maharashtra General Kamgar Union, a trade union federation in Maharashtra, India. MGKU was led by late Datta Samant. After the assassination of Samant, the presidency of MGKU was taken over by his brother Dada Samant....

, in companies like Oberoi Hotels and the Tata Cancer Hospital. ABKS was able to establish a foothold amongst the employees at National Rayon, Reliance

Reliance Industries

Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered at Mumbai, India. The company operates through three business segments: petrochemicals, refining, and oil and gas, other segment of the company includes textile, retail business, special economic zone development and...

 and public sector units like SICOM and IRCON.

In 2002, ABKS was able to gain influence amongst the works at the Mumbai Port Trust

Mumbai Port Trust

Mumbai Port, earlier known as Bombay Port, lies midway on the West coast of India, on the natural deep-water harbor of Mumbai. The harbor spread over is protected by the mainland of Konkan to its east and north and by the island city of Mumbai to its west...

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