The URMU leadership follows the Gandhian ideology, believing firmly in the principles of non-violence and agreement through negotiations. URMU has more than 1,44,000 active members and 170 divisional and sub divisional branches in the ten North Indian States and Union Territories of Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, and Jammu and Kashmir.