Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Centre of Indian Trade Unions, CITU is a National level Trade Union in India and its trade union wing is a spearhead of the Indian Trade Union Movement. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assemblies of workers and classes of India. It has strong presence in the Indian state of Tripura besides a good presence in West Bengal, Kerala and Kanpur. They have an average presence in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
Centre of Indian Trade Unions | |
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| Founded | 1970 |
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| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
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Members |  6,200,000 [1] |
General Secretary | Tapan Sen |
Key people | Dr. K. Hemalatha, President M. Saibabu, Treasurer |
| Affiliations | WFTU |
| Website | www.citucentre.org |
CITU has a membership of approximately 6,200,000 in 2023.[2]
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.[3] It runs a monthly organ named WORKING CLASS.
CITU is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.[4]
References
- "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.
- "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.
- Pioneer, The. "A first: Woman elected CITU president". The Pioneer. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- World Federation of Trade Unions. Indian Trade Union Delegation visits Venezuelan Embassy in New Delhi
