Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Publications
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Abstract
Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) publications covering the following : wages and incomes, repression, anti-labour policies, working class struggles and conference reports.
Dates
- 1972-1975
Creator
- Centre of Indian Trade Unions (creator, Organization)
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Biographical / Historical
Centre of Indian Trade Unions, CITU is a National level Trade Union in India politically affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) as its trade union wing and is a spearhead of the Indian Trade Union Movement. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assembly of workers and classes of India. It has strong unchallangeable 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. According to the provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, CITU had a membership of 3,222,532 in 2002.[1] Tapan Kumar Sen is the General Secretary and K. Hemalata is the president of CITU. K. Hemalata was the first woman President in CITU who was elected after A. K. Padmanabhan. It runs a monthly organ named WORKING CLASS. CITU is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.
Extent
0.25 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository