The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is a National trade union in India. It is associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist). It has presence mostly in the Indian state of Tripura, West Bengal, Keralam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Centre of Indian Trade Unions | |
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| Abbreviation | CITU |
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| Founded | 1970 |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
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| Members |  6,200,000[1] |
President | Sudip Dutta |
General Secretary | Elamaram Kareem |
Treasurer | Mandhadapu Saibabu |
| Affiliations | WFTU |
| Website | citucentre |
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CITU has an estimated membership of 6,200,000 in 2023.[1]
Tapan 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
edit| Dates | Details | President | General
Secretary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28-30 May 1970 | Foundation Conference Kolkata | B. T. 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 Kolkata | E. Balanandan | M. K. 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 | M. K. Pandhe | Chittabrata Majumdar |
| 17-21 Jan, 2007 | 12th CITU Conference Bengaluru | ||
| 17-21 Mar, 2010 | 13th CITU Conference Chandigarh | A.K. Padmanabhan | Tapan Sen |
| 4-8 Apr, 2013 | 14th CITU Conference Kannur[4] | ||
| 26-30 Nov, 2016 | 15th CITU Conference Puri | K. Hemalata | |
| 23-27 Jan, 2020 | 16th CITU Conference | ||
| 18-22 Jan, 2023 | 17th CITU Conference Bengaluru | ||
| 2025 Dec 31 - 2026 Jan 04 | 18th CITU Conference Visakhapatnam | Sudip Dutta | Elamaram Kareem |
References
edit- 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.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "A.K. Padmanabhan re-elected CITU chief". The Hindu. 9 April 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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