Centre of Indian Trade Unions

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CITU
Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Location
Members
Increase 6,200,000[1]
General Secretary
Tapan Sen
Key people
K. Hemalata , President
M. Saibabu, Treasurer
AffiliationsWFTU
Websitewww.citucentre.org

Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is a national level

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
.

4th CITU West Bengal state conference poster

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]

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[5]
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. ^ "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. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Pioneer, The. "A first: Woman elected CITU president". The Pioneer. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  4. ^ World Federation of Trade Unions. Indian Trade Union Delegation visits Venezuelan Embassy in New Delhi
  5. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 25 May 2023.

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