Centre of Indian Trade Unions

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is a National 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, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

CITU

Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Abbreviation	CITU
Founded	1970; 55 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	citucentre.org

Workers of the Construction Workers Federation of India, an affiliate of CITU marching

4th CITU West Bengal state conference poster

CITU has an estimated membership of 6,200,000 in 2023.^[1]

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.^[2] It runs a monthly organ named WORKING CLASS.

CITU is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.^[3] At present the multiple industrial federations are functioning at the national level with CITU. .

It is also affiliated with AIITEU, workers union for IT/ITES employees in India.

History of CITU Conferences

Dates	Details	President	General Secretary
28-30 May 1970	Foundation Conference Calcutta	Bhalchandra Trimbak Ranadive	P. Ramamurthi
18-22 Apr, 1973	2nd CITU Conference Ernakulam
21-25 May 1975	3rd CITU Conference Mumbai
11-15 Apr, 1979	4th CITU Conference Chennai
13-17 Apr, 1983	5th CITU Conference Kanpur		Samar Mukherjee
18-22 May 1987	6th CITU Conference Mumbai
13-17 Feb, 1991	7th CITU Conference Calcutta	E. Balanandan	Madhukat Kashinath Pandhe
3-7 Mar, 1994	8th CITU Conference Patna
21-26 Apr, 1997	9th CITU Conference Kochi
27-30 Dec, 2000	10th CITU Conference Hyderabad
9-14 Dec, 2003	11th CITU Conference Chennai	Madhukat Kashinath Pandhe	Chittabrata Majumdar
17-21 Jan, 2007	12th CITU Conference Bengaluru
17-21 Mar, 2010	13th CITU Conference Chandigarh	A.K. Padmanabhan	Tapan Kumar Sen
4-8 Apr, 2013	14th CITU Conference Kannur[4]
26-30 Nov, 2016	15th CITU Conference Puri	Kandikuppa Hemalata
23-27 Jan, 2020	16th CITU Conference Chennai
18-22 Jan, 2023	17th CITU Conference Bengaluru