What is the full form of CITU

CITU: Centre of Indian Trade Unions

CITU stands for Centre of Indian Trade Unions. It is one of the major Central Trade Unions (CTU) in India. It is politically affiliated to Communist Party of India as its trade union wing. It has a strong presence in the Indian state of Tripura and good presence in West Bengal and Kerala. In addition to these states, it has an average presence in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. As per the statistics from the Ministry of Labour, CITU had around 3,222,532 members in 2002.

It represents workers in all fields of trade activities which also include workers in industrial and service sectors like Steel, Coal, Electricity, Construction, Rail, Road, Textiles, Pharmaceuticals, etc.

Key Functions/Objectives

CITU believes in socialism and works with the belief that exploitation of the working class can be stopped by socializing all means of production (distribution and exchange) and by establishing a socialist state. So, its main aim is to fight against all encroachments on the economic and social rights of the workers and works for the enlargement of their rights and liberties.

The office-bearers of CITU:

1. President
2. A General Secretary
3. Vice-Presidents
4. A Treasure
5. Secretaries

As of 2017, K Hemalata is the president, Tapan Sen is the general secretary and M L Malkotia is the treasurer of CITU. Its flag is red in color which contains a hammer and sickle in white color in the centre and the letters CITU vertically on the left side of the flag.

Composition of the CITU

The CITU consists of the following departments;

1. Affiliated Unions
2. General Council
3. Working Committee or the General Council
4. The State Conference, the State Committees, and State Councils
5. The delegates gathered at the special session of the CITU Conference

CITU Conference

The General Session of CITU is held once in every three years. It is known as CITU Conference and is the highest organ of authority in CITU. Some of its functions or powers are given below:

• Adopting the policies of CITU and making necessary changes in them in the interests of the working class
• Considers the questions of state committees and constituent unions and pass resolutions on questions for the betterment of working class
• Takes decisions related to affiliations and disaffiliation of unions
• Conducts election of the general council and office bearers
• Can modify or amend the present constitution if needed
• Checks and passes the audited Statement of Accounts and takes decisions in accordance with the constitution of the CITU.