Centre of Indian Trade Unions explained

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. http://citucentre.org/federations#.

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

History of CITU Conferences

!Dates!Details!President!GeneralSecretary

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[4]
26-30 Nov, 2016	15th CITU Conference Puri	Kandikuppa Hemalata
23-27 Jan, 2020	16th CITU ConferenceChennai
18-22 Jan, 2023	17th CITU Conference Bengaluru

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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. Web site: A first: Woman elected CITU president. Pioneer. The. The Pioneer. en. 2019-07-31.
3. World Federation of Trade Unions. Indian Trade Union Delegation visits Venezuelan Embassy in New Delhi
4. News: 2013-04-09 . A.K. Padmanabhan re-elected CITU chief . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-05-25 . 0971-751X.