Centre of Indian Trade Unions

CITU
Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Founded	1970
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Location	India;
Members	6,200,000
General Secretary	Tapan Sen
Key people	K. Hemalata , President ; M. Saibabu, Treasurer
Affiliations	WFTU
Website	www.citucentre.org

Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is a national level trade union in India. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assemblies of workers and classes of India. It has strong presence in the Indian state of Tripura besides a good presence in West Bengal, Kerala and Kanpur. They have an average presence in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

4th CITU West Bengal state conference poster

CITU has a membership of approximately 6,200,000 in 2023.^[2]

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.^[3] It runs a monthly organ named WORKING CLASS.

CITU is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.^[4]

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

[1] "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] "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.

[3] Pioneer, The. "A first: Woman elected CITU president". The Pioneer. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

[4] World Federation of Trade Unions. Indian Trade Union Delegation visits Venezuelan Embassy in New Delhi

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Centre of Indian Trade Unions

Founded	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Location	India
Members	6,200,000^[1]
General Secretary	Tapan Sen
Key people	K. Hemalata , President M. Saibabu, Treasurer
Affiliations	WFTU
Website	www.citucentre.org