Centre of Indian Trade Unions | |
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| Abbreviation | CITU |
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| Founded | 1970; 55 years ago (1970) |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
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| Members | |
General Secretary | Tapan Sen |
Key people | K. Hemalata, President M. Saibabu, Treasurer |
| Affiliations | WFTU |
| Website | citucentre |


TheCentre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is a Nationaltrade union in India. It is associated with theCommunist Party of India (Marxist). It has presence mostly in theIndian state ofTripura,West Bengal,Kerala,Tamil Nadu,Karnataka andAndhra Pradesh.
CITU has an estimated membership of 6,200,000 in 2023.[1]
Tapan Kumar Sen is the General Secretary andK. Hemalata is the president of CITU. Hemalata was the first woman president of CITU, who was elected afterA. K. Padmanabhan.[2] It runs a monthly organ namedWORKING CLASS.
CITU is affiliated to theWorld Federation of Trade Unions.[3] At present the multiple industrial federations are functioning at the national level with CITU.[1].
It is also affiliated withAIITEU, workers union for IT/ITES employees in India.
| Dates | Details | President | General Secretary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28-30 May 1970 | Foundation ConferenceCalcutta | Bhalchandra Trimbak Ranadive | P. Ramamurthi |
| 18-22 Apr, 1973 | 2nd CITU ConferenceErnakulam | ||
| 21-25 May 1975 | 3rd CITU ConferenceMumbai | ||
| 11-15 Apr, 1979 | 4th CITU ConferenceChennai | ||
| 13-17 Apr, 1983 | 5th CITU ConferenceKanpur | Samar Mukherjee | |
| 18-22 May 1987 | 6th CITU ConferenceMumbai | ||
| 13-17 Feb, 1991 | 7th CITU ConferenceCalcutta | E. Balanandan | Madhukat Kashinath Pandhe |
| 3-7 Mar, 1994 | 8th CITU ConferencePatna | ||
| 21-26 Apr, 1997 | 9th CITU ConferenceKochi | ||
| 27-30 Dec, 2000 | 10th CITU ConferenceHyderabad | ||
| 9-14 Dec, 2003 | 11th CITU ConferenceChennai | Madhukat Kashinath Pandhe | Chittabrata Majumdar |
| 17-21 Jan, 2007 | 12th CITU ConferenceBengaluru | ||
| 17-21 Mar, 2010 | 13th CITU ConferenceChandigarh | A.K. Padmanabhan | Tapan Kumar Sen |
| 4-8 Apr, 2013 | 14th CITU ConferenceKannur[4] | ||
| 26-30 Nov, 2016 | 15th CITU ConferencePuri | Kandikuppa Hemalata | |
| 23-27 Jan, 2020 | 16th CITU Conference | ||
| 18-22 Jan, 2023 | 17th CITU ConferenceBengaluru | ||
| 2025 Dec 31 - 2026 Jan 04 | 18th CITU ConferenceVisakhapatnam, AP | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/citu-national-meet-to-be-held-in-december-in-vizag/article69671976.ece |
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