ON May 20, 2015, over 15,000 powerloom workers from all four major powerloom centres of Maharashtra held a large and militant rally at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. Although it was held under the banner of the Powerloom Workers Joint Action Committee, the mobilisation of the CITU was by far the largest. Over 10,000 workers came from Bhiwandi in Thane district, over 3,000 from Ichalkaranji in Kolhapur district, over 1,000 from Solapur in Solapur district and a representative section came from Malegaon in Nashik district.