The Bengal Hawkers Association is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

of hawkers in

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. It is affiliated with the

Trade Union Coordination Centre Trade Union Coordination Centre is a central trade union federation in India. TUCC is politically attached to All India Forward Bloc. TUCC was founded in 1970. Prasanta Das Gupta was the founding general secretary of TUCC. Prior to the fou ...

. It was founded in 1950 and is the oldest hawkers' union in the state. It gained a strong following amongst refugees from

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

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