Centre of Indian Trade Unions

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Centre of Indian Trade Unions
AbbreviationCITU
Founded1970;55 years ago (1970)
Headquarters New Delhi, India
Location
  • India
MembersIncrease2.svg 6,200,000 [1]
General Secretary
Tapan Sen
Key people
 K. Hemalata, President
M. Saibabu, Treasurer
Affiliations WFTU
Website citucentre.org OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Workers of the Construction Workers Federation of India, an affiliate of CITU marching Communist parade (6297059793).jpg
Workers of the Construction Workers Federation of India, an affiliate of CITU marching
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4th CITU West Bengal state conference poster

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is a national level trade union in India. It has presence mostly in the Indian state of Tripura, followed by West Bengal, Kerala and Kanpur. They have also have some presence in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

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CITU has an estimated membership of 6,200,000 in 2023. [1]

Tapan Kumar Sen is the General Secretary and K. Hemalata is the president of CITU. Hemalata was the first woman president of CITU, who was elected after A. K. Padmanabhan. [2] It runs a monthly organ named WORKING CLASS.

CITU is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions. [3] At present the multiple industrial federations are functioning at the national level with CITU. .

It is also affiliated with AIITEU, workers union for IT/ITES employees in India.

History of CITU Conferences

DatesDetailsPresidentGeneral

Secretary

28-30 May 1970Foundation Conference Calcutta Bhalchandra Trimbak Ranadive P. Ramamurthi
18-22 Apr, 19732nd CITU Conference Ernakulam
21-25 May 19753rd CITU Conference Mumbai
11-15 Apr, 19794th CITU Conference Chennai
13-17 Apr, 19835th CITU Conference Kanpur Samar Mukherjee
18-22 May 19876th CITU Conference Mumbai
13-17 Feb, 19917th CITU Conference Calcutta E. Balanandan Madhukat Kashinath Pandhe
3-7 Mar, 19948th CITU Conference Patna
21-26 Apr, 19979th CITU Conference Kochi
27-30 Dec, 200010th CITU Conference Hyderabad
9-14 Dec, 200311th CITU Conference Chennai Madhukat Kashinath Pandhe Chittabrata Majumdar
17-21 Jan, 200712th CITU Conference Bengaluru
17-21 Mar, 201013th CITU Conference Chandigarh A.K. Padmanabhan Tapan Kumar Sen
4-8 Apr, 201314th CITU Conference Kannur [4]
26-30 Nov, 201615th CITU Conference Puri Kandikuppa Hemalata
23-27 Jan, 202016th CITU Conference

Chennai

18-22 Jan, 202317th CITU Conference Bengaluru

References

  1. 1 2 "17th All India Conference of CITU began with a rousing reception to the working class and their representatives. 1,500 delegates representing around 62 lakh members from 25 states and union territories and representatives of fraternal organisations are attending the conference". 20 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Pioneer, The. "A first: Woman elected CITU president". The Pioneer. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. ↑ World Federation of Trade Unions. Indian Trade Union Delegation visits Venezuelan Embassy in New Delhi
  4. ↑ "A.K. Padmanabhan re-elected CITU chief". The Hindu. 9 April 2013. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 25 May 2023.

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