Trade unions in India

• In India the Trade Union movement is

generally divided on political lines.
According to provisional statistics from the
Ministry of Labour, trade unions had a
combined membership of 24,601,589 in
2002. As of 2008, there are 11 Central
Trade Union Organisations (CTUO)
recognised by the Ministry of Labour.

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 Recognised CTUOs
Political affiliation in brackets.
1. All India Central Council of Trade Unions (
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberati
on
) 3.
2. All India Trade Union Congress (
Communist Party of India)
3. All India United Trade Union Centre (
Socialist Unity Centre of India)
4. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh)
5. Centre for Indian Trade Unions (
Communist Party of India (Marxist))
6. Hind Mazdoor Sabha (socialists)
7. Indian National Trade Union Congress (
Indian National Congress)
8. Labour Progressive Federation (
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)
9. SEWA
10. Trade Union Coordination Committee (
All India Forward Bloc)
11. United Trade Union Congress (
Revolutionary Socialist Party)
Defunct trade union centres
1. All India Centre for Trade Unions (Communist
Marxist Party)
2. Indian Federation of Labour (Royist)
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Other trade union centres (incomplete list)
1. Akhil Bharatiya Kamgar Sena (Akhil Bharatiya Sena)
2. All India Centre of Trade Unions (
Marxist Communist Party of India (United))
All India Federation of Trade Unions (marxist-leninists)
4. Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions (
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist))
5. Anna Thozhil Sanga Peravai (
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)
6. Bharatiya Kamgar Sena (Shiv Sena)
7. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sabha (
Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Mar
xist-Leninist)
)
8. Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat (Janata Dal (United))
9. Indian Confederation of Labour
10. Indian Federation of Trade Unions (
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy)
11. Kerala Trade Union Congress (Kerala Congress, KTUC(B)
belongs to KC(B), KTUC(M) belongs to KC(M), etc.)
12. Maharashtra General Kamgar Union (Kamgar Aghadi)
13. New Trade Union Initiative
14. Pattali Trade Union (Pattali Makkal Katchi)
15. Socialist Trade Union Centre (SNDP)
16. Swatantra Thozhilali Union (Indian Union Muslim League)
17. Telugu Nadu Trade Union Council (Telugu Desam Party)
18. Trade Union Centre of India (
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist))
19. United Trade Union Congress (Bolshevik) (
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik))
20. United Trade Union Congress (Marxist) (Revolutionary
Socialist Party (Marxist))
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 All India Central Council of Trade
Unions

• LeaderDipankar
Bhattacharya
Founded1974Headq
uartersU-90,
Shakarpur, Delhi-
110092Ideology
MarxismWebsite
http://www.cpiml.org

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• All India Central Council of Trade
Unions, a central trade union federation in
India. AICCTU is politically attached to
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist
) Liberation
. According to provisional statistics from
the Ministry of Labour, AICCTU had a
membership of 639 962 in 2002

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 All India Trade Union Congress
• The All India Trade Union Congress
(AITUC) is the oldest trade union
federations in India and one of the five
largest. According to provisional
statistics from the Ministry of Labour,
AITUC had a membership of
2,677,979 in 2002.
• It was founded on 31st October 1920
in Bombay by Lala Lajpat Rai 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 General Secretary Gurudas
Dasgupta, a politician affiliated with
Communist Party of India.
• AITUC is a founder member of the
World Federation of Trade Unions.

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• Shri Bimal Chandra Jha, an extraordinary laureate and social
worker is present Vice-President of AITUC, Bihar.
• partial list:
• Andhra Pradesh Auto Rickshaw Drivers and Workers Federation
• A.P. Mica Mine Workers Union
• Calcutta Hawkers' Men Union
• Federation of Chatkal Mazdoor Unions
• Nikhila Orissa Beedi Shramika Federation
• Patiala Aviation Club Workers Union
• Pondicherry Textile Labour Union
• Powerloom Workers Union
• Punjab Breweries Workers Union
• Vegetable Market Workers Union
• Visakha Steel Workers Union

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 All India United Trade Union
Centre
• Secretary-GeneralProvash Ghosh
(interim General
Secretary)Founded1948Headquarters4
8 Lenin Sarani, Kolkata - 700 013, India
22°33′49.9″N 88°21′20.1″E22.563861°N
88.355583°E
NewspaperProletarian Era
(English)Student wingAll
India Democratic Students
OrganisationYouth wingAll
India Democratic Youth Organisation
Women's wingAll India Mahila
Sanskritik SanghathanLabour wingAll
India United Trade Union Centre
Peasant's wingAll India Krishak Khet
Majdoor SangathanIdeology
Communism,
Anti-Revisionist
Marxism-Leninism,
Shibdas Ghosh ThoughtAlliance
IndependentSeats in Lok Sabha1Seats
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http://www.suci.in/
 All India United Trade Union
Centre
• The All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC) is
a Central Trade Union Organisation in India and the
labour wing of the
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist).
• Presently its activities are spread over 19 states.
• The organisation claims to have 600 affiliated unions,
comprising an individual membership of over two million.
• It is the 6th largest trade union in India. According to
provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, UTUC-
LS had a membership of 1368535 in 2002

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 All India United Trade Union Centre
history
• All India UTUC was founded at a conference held in
Calcutta April 26-27 1958, following a split in the
United Trade Union Congress. Initially it used the name
UTUC, but in the general media it was referred to as
UTUC (Dharamtala Street) (where it had its offices) to
distinguish it from the original UTUC. In 1969, at the
initiative of Subodh Banerjee, West Bengal State
Committee President of the organisation and PWD
Minister in anti-Congress United Front Government in
the state, the name of the street was changed to 'Lenin
Sarani'. Thus the new name of the organisation became
UTUC (Lenin Sarani).

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 All India United Trade Union Centre
history
• In the 17th UTUC(LS) conference held in Delhi in 1985
the organisation was re-named as 'United Trade Union
Centre (Lenin Sarani)'. In the 18th conference held in
1992 in Calcutta 'Lenin Sarani' was un-bracketed,
implying that it no longer referred to the name of the
street where the office is located but became an integral
part of the name of the organisation which was there
after known as 'United Trade Union Centre-Lenin Sarani'
(UTUC-LS). The 19th all India conference of the
organization held in Delhi on 27th March 2008 approved
the change of name to All India United Trade Union
Centre (All India UTUC)

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 All India United Trade Union Centre
activities
• The All India UTUC is functioning in both formal and informal
sectors.
• In informal sector, the most important segment where it has
been working from the very inception, is agriculture. In the
formal sectors
• All India UTUC has unions, federations and activities in basic,
heavy and key industries and important service sectors like Iron
and Steel, Engineering, Electricity, Coal and Non-Coal Mines,
Railways, Port and Dock, Road-Transport, Banks and Financial
Institutions, Insurance, Central and State Government Services.
• On the basis of its membership strength All India UTUC has
been recognised as a Central Trade Union Organisation by the
Government of India and has its representations in apex level
tripartite committees as well as in International Labour
Conferences (ILC) of the ILO

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 Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
• FoundedJuly 23, 1955
• Members6.2 million
(2002)
• CountryIndia
• AffiliationIndependent
• Key people,
presidentOffice location
New Delhi, India
• Website
www.bms.org.in

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 Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
• The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (Indian • Workers'
. Union) is the
LARGEST central trade union organization in India. It was founded
by Dattopantji Thengdi on July 23, 1955, which also happens to the
birthday of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
• The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, first came into prominence during
the India China war of 1962. A section of the
Communist Party of India proclaimed that Chinese forces were
'liberating' India from capitalist domination. Many leaders said that
India was the aggressor and had occupied Chinese territory. The
labour unions which till then were dominated by the Communists
observed strikes and obstructed defence production. This saw major
dessertions from the Communist trade unions towards the Bharatiya
Mazdoor Sangh which was seen to be patriotic. The BMS withdrew
all agitations by its unions. A call was given to workers to give top
priority to stepping up defence production and assisting all defence
efforts

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 Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
• In strategic sectors such as defence production, transport, power
generation, transmission, etc., special efforts were made. Two
decades later they secured foothold in all major unions
• The BMS itself claims to have over 8.3 million members. At present
it is estimated around 5860 unions are affiliated to the BMS.
According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, the
BMS had a membership of 6215797 in 2002.
• It can also be noted that the BMS is not affiliated to any International
Trade Union Confederation.
• For individual unions affiliated to the BMS, see BMS-affiliated unions
.
• Girish Awasthi is the current president of the organization, and
Mr.Lakshma Reddy its General Secretary

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 Centre of Indian
Trade Unions
• It has strong unchallangeable presence
in the Indian states of West Bengal,
• Centre of Indian Trade Kerala and Tripura besides a good
preence in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
Unions (Hindi: भारतीय ट्रेड and Karnataka. It has presence in almost
यूनियन के न्द्र), CITU is a all of the Indian states
• According to the provisional statistics
National level from the Ministry of Labour, CITU had a
Trade Union in India membership of 3,222,532 in 2002.
politically attached to the • Chittabrata Majumdar was the General
Secretary of CITU from 2003-2007. 12th
Communist Party of India Conference (held in January 2007) of
(Marxist) CITU re-elected him as its General
. The Centre of Indian Secretary. But he died on 20 February
2007. The General Council of CITU met
Trade Unions is today on 17 May 2007 and elected
one of biggest assembly Mohammed Amin as its new General
of workers and classes of Secretary.
India.
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• Founded1970
• Members3.2 million
• Country India
• Key peopleM K Pandhe, President
• Office locationNew Delhi, India
• Websitewww.citucentre.org

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 HINDUSTAN MAZDOOR SABHA
• The HMS was founded in
Howrah on December 24,
1948, by socialists,
Forward Bloc followers and
independent unionists. Its
founders included Basawon
Singh (Sinha), , R.S. Ruikar
, , , , , , . R.S. Ruikar was
elected president and Ashok
Mehta general secretary.
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• HMS absorbed the Royist
Indian Federation of Labour and
the socialist [citation needed]. In
March 1949, HMS claimed to have
380 affiliated unions with a
combined membership of 618 802.
• According to provisional statistics
from the Ministry of Labour, HMS
had a membership of 3342213 in
2002.(13% of the total trade union
membership in the country).
• In 1949 HMS became a founding
member of the ICFTU.
• Currently, it is affiliated with the
International Trade Union Confede
ration
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• FoundedDecember 29, 1948
• Members3.3 millionCountryIndia
• AffiliationITUC
• Key people, president, general secretary
• Office locationNew Delhi, IndiaWebsite
members.rediff.com/hms/

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 Indian National Trade Union
Congress (INTUC)
• is the trade union wing of
the
Indian National Congress.
It was founded May 3,
1947, and is affiliated with
the
International Trade Union
Confederation
. According to provisional
statistics from the Ministry
of Labour, INTUC had a
membership of 3892011
in 2002.
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 Indian National Trade Union
Congress (INTUC)
• Founded May 3, 1947
• Members3.8 million (2002)
• CountryIndia
• AffiliationITUC
• Key people G. Sanjeeva Reddy, President; ,
General Secretary.
• Office location4, Bhai Veer Singh Marg,
New Delhi
• Website:intuc.net
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 Labour Progressive Federation
• ,trade union federation in the
South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
The LPF is politically attached to
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
According to provisional statistics
from the Ministry of Labour, LPF
had a membership of 611,506 in
2002.
• The president of LPF is C.
Kuppusamy.
• Telecom Employees Progressive
Union is an affiliate of Labour
Progressive Federation. The Union
is shortly called TEPU that
represents BSNL workers of India.
website of the union is
• tepuchq.org

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 Labour Progressive Federation
• ChairpersonM Karunanidhi
• Secretary-GeneralK Anbazhagan
• Leader in Lok SabhaA.K.S. Vijayan
• Founded1949HeadquartersArivalayam, Anna Salai,
Chennai - 600018NewspaperMurasoliLabour wing
Labour Progressive FederationIdeologySocial
Democratic/Populist
• AllianceNational Democratic Alliance (1999-2004)
United Progressive Alliance (2004-present)
• Websitehttp://www.dmk.in

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 Trade Union Coordination
Committee,
• a central trade union federation in
India. TUCC is politically attached
to All India Forward Bloc.
According to provisional statistics
from the Ministry of Labour, TUCC
had a membership of 732760 in
2002.
• The general secretary is Nripendra
Kumar Mahto. (Agricultural Labour
Union) is affiliated to TUCC.
• In Pune, the Ammunition Factory
Khadki (AFK) Employees Union
and the Dehu Road Ordnance
Factory Employees Union are
affiliated to TUCC.

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 United Trade Union Congress
• is a central trade union
organisation in India. UTUC is
politically tied to
Revolutionary Socialist Party.
Abani Roy is the general secretary
of UTUC. According to provisional
statistics from the Ministry of
Labour, UTUC had a membership
of 383 946 in 2002.
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• UTUC was founded at an All India
Labour Conference in Calcutta, May 1,
1949. The founding president was
professor , a member of the
Constituent Assembly from Bombay,
and the founding general secretary
was , a former AITUC president from
Bengal. At the time of its foundation,
Bose claimed that the organisation
consisted of 236 unions with a
combined membership of 347 428.
• Initially, UTUC profiled itself as an
independent trade union centre,
organising members of different
leftwing factions. In 1953 the Deputy
Labour Minister of India, Abid Ali,
estimated the UTUC membership at
384 962. At the time UTUC had 332
affiliated unions.
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