All India Trade Union Congress

AITUC
All India Trade Union Congress
Founded31 October 1920 (104 years ago) (1920-10-31) at
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
HeadquartersAITUC Bhavan, 35-36, DDU Marg, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi - 110002
Location
Members
14.2 million (2013)
Key people
Amarjeet Kaur (General Secretary)
Ramendra Kumar (President)
Binoy Viswam (Working President)
AffiliationsWFTU
Websiteaituc.net
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The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) is the oldest trade union federation in India. It is associated with the Communist Party of India.[1] According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, AITUC had a membership of 14.2 million in 2013.[2][3] It was founded on 31 October 1920 with Lala Lajpat Rai as its first president.[4]

In Bombay by Lala Lajpat Rai, Joseph Baptista, N. M. Joshi,[5] Diwan Chaman Lall and a few others and, until 1945 when unions became organised on party lines, it was the primary trade union organisation in India. Since then, it has been associated with the Communist Party of India.

AITUC is governed by a body headed by National President Ramendra Kumar and General Secretary Amarjeet Kaur, both the politician affiliated with Communist Party of India. "Trade Union Record" is the fortnightly journal of the AITUC.[6]

AITUC is a founder member of the World Federation of Trade Unions. Today, its institutional records are part of the Archives at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, at Teen Murti House, Delhi.[7]

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  2. ^ Menon, Sreelatha (6 April 2013). "Indian trade unions are getting bigger, coinciding with slowdown". Business Standard India.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "All India Trade Union Congress |". Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  5. ^ N. Jayapalan (2001). History Of India (from National Movement To Present Day), Volume 4. Atlantic Publishers. p. 139. ISBN 9788171569175.
  6. ^ "India: Why General Strike on the 28th of February?". wftucentral.org.
  7. ^ "Archives". Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.