All India Centre of Trade Unions
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The All India Centre of Trade Unions is a trade union
centre in India
. It is the labour wing of the Marxist Communist Party of India (United)
. Previously it was the trade union wing of the main predecessor of MCPI(U), the Marxist Communist Party of India
.
M.S. Patrudu
was the AICTU general secretary until his death in 2004. After the death of Patrudu, the position of general secretary was taken over by Malkiat Singh.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
centre in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is the labour wing of the Marxist Communist Party of India (United)
Marxist Communist Party of India (United)
Marxist Communist Party of India is a communist party in India, formed in 2005 by the unification of the Marxist Communist Party of India, the Mangat Ram Pasla-led breakaway group from the Communist Party of India in Punjab, the BTR-EMS-AKG Janakeeya Vedi and the Hardan Roy group in...
. Previously it was the trade union wing of the main predecessor of MCPI(U), the Marxist Communist Party of India
Marxist Communist Party of India
Marxist Communist Party of India, MCPI was a political party in India. It emerged as a splinter-group of Communist Party of India . The party general secretary was Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri ....
.
M.S. Patrudu
M.S. Patrudu
Majji Sundarayya Patrudu was an Indian communist politician and trade unionist from Andhra Pradesh. At the time of his death he was the general secretary of the All India Centre of Trade Unions and a Central Committee member of the Marxist Communist Party of India.M.S...
was the AICTU general secretary until his death in 2004. After the death of Patrudu, the position of general secretary was taken over by Malkiat Singh.