Trade Union Coordination Centre

TUCC
Trade Union Coordination Centre
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Location
Members1.6 million
Key people
Probir Banerjee, President
G.R. Shivashankar, General Secretary
AffiliationsWFTU
Websitetucc.forwardbloc.org

Trade Union Coordination Centre is a central trade union federation in India. TUCC is politically attached to All India Forward Bloc.

TUCC was founded in 1970.[1] Prasanta Das Gupta was the founding general secretary of TUCC.[2][3] Prior to the foundation of TUCC, the trade union leaders of the Forward Bloc had belonged to the United Trade Union Congress.[4] TUCC is mainly based in the state of West Bengal.[5]

As of 1980 TUCC claimed to have 272,229 members in 182 affiliated unions.[6] The Ministry of Labour verified 65 affiliated unions with a combined membership of 123,048.[6] As of 1995 TUCC was the smallest of the ten Central Trade Union Organisations recognised by the Indian Ministry of Labour, counting 65 affiliated unions.[7] As of 2002, TUCC had 737,760 members, out of whom 554,207 were agricultural or rural workers.[8] In 2011, the Ministry of Labour and Employment estimated that the TUCC had a membership of more than 1.6 million.[9] The same number was reported by the Business Standard in 2013.[10]

As of 2013, G.R. Shivashankar was the president of TUCC.[11][12] The general secretary is Nripendra Kumar Mahto.[when?]

Krishi Shramik Union (Agricultural Labour Union) is affiliated to TUCC.[13]

TUCC is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.[14]

References

  1. ^ Ahn, Pong-Sul. The growth and decline of political unionism in India: The need for a paradigm shift
  2. ^ Civic Affairs. P. C. Kapoor at the Citizen Press. 1990. p. 25.
  3. ^ The Working Class. Centre of Indian Trade Unions. 1992. p. 2.
  4. ^ Sudhir Ray (1 November 2007). Marxist parties of West Bengal in opposition and in government, 1947–2001. Progressive Publishers. p. 84. ISBN 978-81-8064-135-0.
  5. ^ Rakhahari Chatterji (1985). Politics in West Bengal: Institutions, Processes, and Problems. World Press. p. 141.
  6. ^ a b Joginder Malhotra (9 March 2013). Indien: Wirtschaft, Verfassung, Politik: Entwicklungstendenzen bis zur Gegenwart. Springer-Verlag. p. 157. ISBN 978-3-322-90035-7.
  7. ^ Inzamul Sepoy (16 August 2019). Indian Economic Development. Sepoy Publications. p. 130. GGKEY:X902GZ46Z1H.
  8. ^ Michael A. Witt; Gordon Redding (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems. OUP Oxford. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-19-965492-5.
  9. ^ "The Central Trade Unions in India". Simplynotes. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  10. ^ Menon, Sreelatha (6 April 2013). "Indian trade unions are getting bigger, coinciding with slowdown". Business Standard India. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  11. ^ Deccan Herald. Anganwadi workers protest against harassment of women
  12. ^ Viet Nam News. World unions join push for jobs
  13. ^ Who's who. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. 2006. p. 137.
  14. ^ World Federation of Trade Unions. Indian Trade Union Delegation visits Venezuelan Embassy in New Delhi

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