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the Trade Union movement is generally divided on political lines. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, trade unions had a combined membership of 24,601,589 in 2002. As of 2008, there are 11 Central Trade Union Organisations (CTUO) recognised by the Ministry of Labour.
Recognised CTUOs
Political affiliation in brackets.- All India Central Council of Trade UnionsAll India Central Council of Trade UnionsAll India Central Council of Trade Unions, a central trade union federation in India. AICCTU is politically attached to Communist Party of India Liberation...
(Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) LiberationCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) LiberationCommunist Party of India Liberation is a communist political party in India.Communist Party of India was formed in 1969 by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries, who had split from Communist Party of India in 1967...
) - All India Trade Union CongressAll India Trade Union Congress-External links:**...
(Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaThe Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...
) - All India United Trade Union CentreAll India United Trade Union CentreThe All India United Trade Union Centre , formerly known as United Trade Union Centre or UTUC-LS, is a Central Trade Union Organisation in India and the labour wing of the Socialist Unity Centre of India . Presently its activities are spread over 19 states...
(Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)) - Bharatiya Mazdoor SanghBharatiya Mazdoor SanghThe Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh is the largest central trade union organization in India. It was founded by Dattopantji Thengdi on July 23, 1955, which also happens to the birthday of Bal Gangadhar Tilak....
(Rashtriya Swayamsevak SanghRashtriya Swayamsevak SanghRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or National Patriotic Organization), also known the Sangh, is a right-wing Hindu nationalist, paramilitary, volunteer, and allegedly militant organization for Hindu males in India...
) - Indian National Trade Union CongressIndian National Trade Union CongressIndian National Trade Union Congress is the trade union wing of the Indian National Congress. It was founded May 3, 1947, and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, INTUC had a membership of 3892011 in...
(Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
) - New Trade Union InitiativeNew Trade Union InitiativeNew Trade Union Initiative is a trade union centre in India founded in 2006. NTUI is an independent national trade union centre. Several independent trade unions in the organised and unorganised sector came together under the banner of the New Trade Union Initiative in the year 2001.After...
(Independent from political parties, but left) - Centre of Indian Trade UnionsCentre of Indian Trade UnionsCentre of Indian Trade Unions , CITU is a National level Trade Union in India politically attached to the Communist Party of India . The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assembly of workers and classes of India...
(Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...
) - Hind Mazdoor Sabha (socialists)
- Labour Progressive FederationLabour Progressive FederationLabour Progressive Federation, trade union federation in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The LPF is politically attached to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, LPF had a membership of 611,506 in 2002....
(Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...
) - SEWASEWAThe Self-Employed Women's Association of India is a trade union for poor, self-employed women workers in India. SEWA was founded in 1972 by the noted Gandhian and civil rights leader Dr Ela Bhatt. SEWA's main office is located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and it works in several states of India. SEWA...
- Trade Union Coordination CommitteeTrade Union Coordination CommitteeTrade Union Coordination Committee, a central trade union federation in India. TUCC is politically attached to All India Forward Bloc. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, TUCC had a membership of 732760 in 2002....
(All India Forward BlocAll India Forward BlocThe All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India...
) - United Trade Union CongressUnited Trade Union CongressUnited Trade Union Congress is a central trade union organisation in India. UTUC is politically tied to Revolutionary Socialist Party. Abani Roy is the general secretary of UTUC. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, UTUC had a membership of 383 946 in 2002.UTUC was...
(Revolutionary Socialist PartyRevolutionary Socialist Party (India)Revolutionary Socialist Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party in India. The party was founded on March 19, 1940 and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. The party got around 0,4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok...
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Other trade union centres (incomplete list)
- Akhil Bharatiya Kamgar SenaAkhil Bharatiya Kamgar SenaAkhil Bharatiya Kamgar Sena is a trade union centre in Maharashtra, India. ABKS is the labour wing of the Akhil Bharatiya Sena of Arun Gawli. Gawli is the president of ABKS. At the time of its foundation, ABKS claimed a membership of 50 000...
(Akhil Bharatiya SenaAkhil Bharatiya SenaAkhil Bharatiya Sena is a political party in India. Founded in 1997 and led by the Mumbai mafia don and contract killer Arun Gawli . Gawli had earlier been close to the Shiv Sena supremo, Bal Thackeray, but in 1996 a bloody feud surged between them when Arun Gawli mercilessly slew several Sena...
) - All India Centre of Trade UnionsAll India Centre of Trade UnionsThe 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 . Previously it was the trade union wing of the main predecessor of MCPI, the Marxist Communist Party of India....
(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...
) - All India Federation of Trade UnionsAll India Federation of Trade UnionsAll India Federation of Trade Unions, a central trade union federation in India. AIFTU was launched in 1992, as the trade union wing of Communist Party of India Janashakti. Following the breakdown of CPI Janashakti into various splinter-groups and the withdrawal of many of them from open mass...
(marxist-leninists) - Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade UnionsAndhra Pradesh Federation of Trade UnionsAndhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions , trade union organization in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, related to Communist Party of India...
(Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Kanu Sanyal)Communist Party of India is a communist party in India. The party is one of many working under the name of CPI. The party general secretary was Kanu Sanyal...
) - Anna Thozhil Sanga Peravai (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. The party was founded by M. G. Ramachandran and is now headed by J. Jayalalithaa. The party headquarters is in Royapettah, Chennai, and was gifted to the party in 1986 by its...
) - Bharatiya Kamgar Sena (Shiv SenaShiv SenaShiv Sena , is a political party in India founded on 19 June 1966 by Balasaheb Thackeray. It is currently headed by Thackeray's son, Uddhav Thackeray...
) - Bharatiya Mazdoor Sabha (Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)The Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India is a communist political party in India. The general secretary of the party is Santosh Rana. The party is often referred to as CPI [Santosh Rana Group] or likewise....
) - Hind Mazdoor Kisan PanchayatHind Mazdoor Kisan PanchayatHind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat , is a national trade union confederation in India. Its national president is George Fernandes.- Literature :...
(Janata Dal (United)Janata Dal (United)Janata Dal is a political party in India with political presence mainly in Bihar and Jharkhand. Janta Dal party mentor and patron is "Veteran Socialist leader" George Fernandes; George Fernandes broke away from the erstwhile Janata Dal and formed the Samata Party in 1994. Presently it is led...
) - Indian Confederation of LabourIndian Confederation of LabourIndian Confederation of Labour, a small trade union federation in India. ICL is affiliated to World Confederation of Labour.-References:...
- Indian Federation of Trade Unions (Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New DemocracyCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New DemocracyCommunist Party of India New Democracy is a communist political party in India. The party was founded as a breakaway from the CPI of Chandra Pulla Reddy in 1988...
) - Kerala Trade Union Congress (Kerala CongressKerala CongressThe Kerala Congress is a recognized State political party in Kerala, India. The party was founded by K. M. George in October 1964 after a group of legislators decided to break from the Indian National Congress...
, KTUC(B) belongs to KC(B), KTUC(M) belongs to KC(M), etc.) - Maharashtra General Kamgar UnionMaharashtra General Kamgar UnionMaharashtra General Kamgar Union, a trade union federation in Maharashtra, India. MGKU was led by late Datta Samant. After the assassination of Samant, the presidency of MGKU was taken over by his brother Dada Samant....
(Kamgar Aghadi) - Indian National Trinamool Trade Union CongressIndian National Trinamool Trade Union CongressIndian National Trinamool Trade Union Congress is a trade union organisation of India politically associated with All India Trinamool Congress....
- Pattali Trade Union (Pattali Makkal KatchiPattali Makkal KatchiPaattali Makkal Katchi is a Tamil political party.-History:PMK was founded by Dr. S. Ramdoss and the state president is G. K. Mani. Ramdoss had earlier worked with the Vanniyar Sangham founded by him in 1980. PMK is based amongst the Most Backward Class Vanniyakula Kshatriyas community...
) - Socialist Trade Union CentreSocialist Trade Union CentreSocialist Trade Union Centre is a trade union federation in Kerala, India. It was started in 2003 by the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana, an Ezhava caste-based movement. Its first affiliated union was the Socialist Motor Thozhilali Union, a union of autorickshaw drivers in Kottayam....
(SNDP) - Swatantra Thozhilali Union (Indian Union Muslim LeagueIndian Union Muslim LeagueIndian Union Muslim League is a state political party in the state of Kerala, India. The chief support base of the party falls inside northern and central Kerala...
) - Telugu Nadu Trade Union Council (Telugu Desam PartyTelugu Desam PartyTelugu Desam Party or TDP is a regional political party in India's Andhra Pradesh state. It was founded by former Telugu film star N. T...
) - Trade Union Centre of IndiaTrade Union Centre of IndiaTrade Union Centre of India is a national central trade union organization in India. It is linked to the Communist Party of India . Initially it was founded as the trade union wing of Communist Party of India Red Flag, but in 2005 CPI Red Flag merged with CPI.The 5th All India Conference of TUCI...
(Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Kanu Sanyal)Communist Party of India is a communist party in India. The party is one of many working under the name of CPI. The party general secretary was Kanu Sanyal...
) - United Trade Union Congress (Bolshevik)United Trade Union Congress (Bolshevik)United Trade Union Congress is a federation of trade unions in Kerala, India. UTUC was emerged out of a split in the United Trade Union Congress. UTUC is politically tied to Revolutionary Socialist Party . Initially, K.C. Vamadevan was president of UTUC and T.M. Prabha was the general secretary of...
(Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala [RSP] was formed as a splinter-group from Revolutionary Socialist Party in Kerala in 2001. The party leader at the time of its formation was Baby John, formerly an important RSP leader in Kerala....
) - Confederation of Free Trade Unions of India (CFTUI) ( Non-political affiliated Unions of India )
- United Trade Union Congress (Marxist)United Trade Union Congress (Marxist)United Trade Union Congress is a federation of trade unions in Kerala, India. UTUC was emerged out of a 2005 split in the United Trade Union Congress . UTUC is politically tied to Revolutionary Socialist Party . T.M. Prabha is the general secretary of UTUC....
(Revolutionary Socialist Party (Marxist)Revolutionary Socialist Party (Marxist)Revolutionary Socialist Party of India is a political party in Kerala, India. It was formed by the former Labour Minister of Kerala, Babu Divakaran in 2005. Divakaran broke away from the Revolutionary Socialist Party when the group around the RSP general secretary AV Thamaraksan decided that RSP...
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Defunct trade union centres
- All India Centre for Trade UnionsAll India Centre for Trade UnionsAll India Centre for Trade Unions was a trade union centre in Kerala, India. It was the labour wing of the Communist Marxist Party. M.K. Kannan was the Kerala State President of AICTU. In June 2007, AICTU merged into the Hind Mazdoor Sabha. At the time, AICTU claimed to have 150 000 members....
(Communist Marxist PartyCommunist Marxist PartyCommunist Marxist Party is a political party in Kerala, south India. The party was founded in 1986 when Communist Party of India leader M. V. Raghavan was expelled from the CPI due to a grave difference of opinion regarding the formation of alliances with the Muslim League...
) - Indian Federation of LabourIndian Federation of LabourIndian Federation of Labour is a federation of trade unions in India. IFL was founded in 1941 by M.N. Roy, after a split from the All India Trade Union Congress. IFL strongly supported the British war effort. Maniben Kara was a prominent IFL leader in the railways and V.B...
(Royist) - Confederation of Free Trade Unions of India (CFTUI)( Non -Political affiliated Unions in India.)