ABOUT CITU

HISTORY OF CITU

1. CENTRE OF INDIAN TRADE UNION K. SUBASHINI

2. HISTORY OF CITU Full Name : Centre of Indian Trade union Founded : 1970 Affiliation : World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) Today one of biggest trade union in India It has strong unchallengeable 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.

3. CITU FUNCTIONING INDUSTRY All India Plantation Workers’ Federation Steel workers Federation of India Water Transport workers’ Federation of India All India coal Workers’ Federation Construction Workers Federation of India All India Road Transport Workers Federation Electricity Employees Federation of India All India Federation of Anganwadi workers and helpers

4. CONTD... All India Beedi Workers’ Federation All India Midday Meal Workers’ Federation Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives’ Associations of India

5. 100 years of Struggles and Sacrifices’ of the Working Class of India BEGINNING on 30 May 2019, CITU is going for a year long celebration of “100 years of struggles and sacrifices” of the working class of India, since the formation of the First Trade Union Centre, and “50 years of fight for unity of the working class” since the formation of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions.

6. ISSUES INVOLVING CITU

7. 4 th October 2020 CITU, AIKS, AIAWU and AIDWA demand Time bound effective enquiry of Hathras case under the supervision of Supreme Court. Dalit girl who was brutally gang raped and killed by upper caste landlord men. It is with great difficulty the delegation was allowed by the police to go the house of the victim. The village is still cordoned and their neighbors are terrorized.

8. The delegation had to wait for three hours to meet the family. CITU, AIKS, AIAWU and AIDWA demand Time bound effective enquiry of Hathras case under the supervision of Supreme Court, Exemplary punishment to the police officers and other officials who had derelict their duty. Contd...

9. Ensure safety to the family of the girl Ensure implementation of Justice Verma Committee recommendations Contd...

10. 8 th & 9 th January 2019, Country wide workers general strike... Striking workers, their families and dependents, and those who were in solidarity actions and supported the strike across the country constituted almost half of India’s total 133.92 crore population.

11. Contd... 10 demands at the 8 th – 9 th strike, which are being pursued unitedly by the trade unions since 2009. 2 more demands - no change in labour laws; and no FDI in defence, railways and insurance - were added before 2015 strike to resist Modi government’s attacks in these areas. This strike was also in support of peasants

12. Contd... Striking workers, their families and dependents, and those who were in solidarity actions and supported the strike across the country constituted almost half of India’s total 133.92 crore population.

13. With people’s participation workers strike created Bandh like situation in several states like in Kerala, Assam and other north eastern states, Odisha and in several districts of Karnataka. Contd...