Centre of Indian Trade Unions

Centre of Indian Trade Unions
AbbreviationCITU
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Location
  • India
Members
Increase 6,200,000[1]
General Secretary
Tapan Sen
Key people
K. Hemalata, President
M. Saibabu, Treasurer
AffiliationsWFTU
Websitecitucentre.org Edit this at Wikidata
Workers of the Construction Workers Federation of India, an affiliate of CITU marching
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 and Andhra Pradesh.

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. [1].

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

History of CITU Conferences

Dates Details President General

Secretary

28-30 May 1970 Foundation Conference Calcutta Bhalchandra Trimbak Ranadive P. Ramamurthi
18-22 Apr, 1973 2nd CITU Conference Ernakulam
21-25 May 1975 3rd CITU Conference Mumbai
11-15 Apr, 1979 4th CITU Conference Chennai
13-17 Apr, 1983 5th CITU Conference Kanpur Samar Mukherjee
18-22 May 1987 6th CITU Conference Mumbai
13-17 Feb, 1991 7th CITU Conference Calcutta E. Balanandan Madhukat Kashinath Pandhe
3-7 Mar, 1994 8th CITU Conference Patna
21-26 Apr, 1997 9th CITU Conference Kochi
27-30 Dec, 2000 10th CITU Conference Hyderabad
9-14 Dec, 2003 11th CITU Conference Chennai Madhukat Kashinath Pandhe Chittabrata Majumdar
17-21 Jan, 2007 12th CITU Conference Bengaluru
17-21 Mar, 2010 13th CITU Conference Chandigarh A.K. Padmanabhan Tapan Kumar Sen
4-8 Apr, 2013 14th CITU Conference Kannur[4]
26-30 Nov, 2016 15th CITU Conference Puri Kandikuppa Hemalata
23-27 Jan, 2020 16th CITU Conference

Chennai

18-22 Jan, 2023 17th CITU Conference Bengaluru

References

  1. ^ a b "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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