Centre of Indian Trade Unions

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The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is a communist trade union in India. It is associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist). It has presence mostly in the Indian state of Tripura, West Bengal, Keralam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. CITU has an estimated membership of 6,200,000 in 2023. Tapan 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. It runs a monthly organ named WORKING CLASS. CITU is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions. 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.

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