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Trade Union Coordination Centre | |
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| Founded | 1970 |
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| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
| Location | |
Members | 1.6 million |
Key people | Probir Banerjee, President G.R. Shivashankar, General Secretary |
| Affiliations | WFTU |
| Website | tucc |
Trade Union Coordination Centre is a central trade union federation in India. TUCC is politically attached to All India Forward Bloc.
TUCC was founded in 1970.[1] Prasanta Das Gupta was the founding general secretary of TUCC.[2][3] Prior to the foundation of TUCC, the trade union leaders of the Forward Bloc had belonged to the United Trade Union Congress.[4] TUCC is mainly based in the state of West Bengal.[5]
As of 1980 TUCC claimed to have 272,229 members in 182 affiliated unions.[6] The Ministry of Labour verified 65 affiliated unions with a combined membership of 123,048.[6] As of 1995 TUCC was the smallest of the ten Central Trade Union Organisations recognised by the Indian Ministry of Labour, counting 65 affiliated unions.[7] As of 2002, TUCC had 737,760 members, out of whom 554,207 were agricultural or rural workers.[8] In 2011, the Ministry of Labour and Employment estimated that the TUCC had a membership of more than 1.6 million.[9] The same number was reported by the Business Standard in 2013.[10]
As of 2013, G.R. Shivashankar was the president of TUCC.[11][12] The general secretary is Nripendra Kumar Mahto.[when?]
Krishi Shramik Union (Agricultural Labour Union) is affiliated to TUCC.[13]
TUCC is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.[14]
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- ^ Sudhir Ray (1 November 2007). Marxist parties of West Bengal in opposition and in government, 1947–2001. Progressive Publishers. p. 84. ISBN 978-81-8064-135-0.
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- ^ Michael A. Witt; Gordon Redding (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems. OUP Oxford. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-19-965492-5.
- ^ "The Central Trade Unions in India". Simplynotes. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Menon, Sreelatha (6 April 2013). "Indian trade unions are getting bigger, coinciding with slowdown". Business Standard India. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Deccan Herald. Anganwadi workers protest against harassment of women
- ^ Viet Nam News. World unions join push for jobs
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- ^ World Federation of Trade Unions. Indian Trade Union Delegation visits Venezuelan Embassy in New Delhi
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