Centre of Indian Trade Unions

Centre of Indian Trade Unions
AbbreviationCITU
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Location
  • India
Members
Increase 6,200,000[1]
General Secretary
Tapan Sen
Key people
K. Hemalata, President
M. Saibabu, Treasurer
AffiliationsWFTU
Websitecitucentre.org Edit this at Wikidata
Workers of the Construction Workers Federation of India, an affiliate of CITU marching
4th CITU West Bengal state conference poster

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is a national level trade union in India. It has presence mostly in the Indian state of Tripura, followed by West Bengal, Kerala and Kanpur. They have also have some presence in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

CITU has an estimated membership of 6,200,000 in 2023.[1]

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.[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. [1].

It is also affiliated with AIITEU , workers union for IT/ITES employees in India.

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Pioneer, The. "A first: Woman elected CITU president". The Pioneer. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. ^ World Federation of Trade Unions. Indian Trade Union Delegation visits Venezuelan Embassy in New Delhi