Indian National Trade Union Congress
Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) is the trade union wing of the Indian National Congress. It was founded on 3 May 1947 and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, INTUC had a membership of 3,892,011 in 2002.[1] INTUC claim to have 33 million members.[2]
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| Full name | Indian National Trade Union Congress |
|---|---|
| Founded | 3 May 1947 |
| Members | 3.9 million (2002)[1] |
| Affiliation | ITUC |
| Key people | G. Sanjeeva Reddy (President) |
| Office location | 4, Bhai Veer Singh Marg, New Delhi |
| Country | India |
| Website | www.intuc.net |
Birth and growth of INTUC
The foundation of INTUC on 3 May 1947 just 3 months before India attained independence.
Acharya JB Kripalani, who was then President of the Indian National Congress inaugurated the Founding conference of INTUC. Among the distinguished leaders who attended the opening session were Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Shankarrao Deo, Jagjivan Ram, B. G. Kher, OP Mehtab, Aruna Asaf Ali, Ram Manohar Lohia, Ashoka Mehta, Ramchandra Sakharam Ruikar, Maniben Patel and other prominent trade unionists.[3]
Affiliates
The INTUC's current affiliates are:[4]
- All India National Life Insurance Employees' Federation
- Central Government Employees' Confederation
- Federation of National Postal Organisations
- Indian National Bank Employees' Federations
- Indian National Bank Officers' Congress
- Indian National Building Construction, Forest & Woodworkers' Federation
- Indian National Cement Workers' Federation
- Indian National Chemical Workers' Federation
- Indian National Defence Workers' Federation
- Indian National Electricity Workers' Federation
- Indian National Food and Drink Workers' Federation
- Indian National Jute Workers' Federation
- Indian National Metal Workers' Federation
- Indian National Mineworkers' Federation
- Indian National Municipal and Local Bodies Workers' Federation
- Indian National Paper Mill Workers' Federation
- Indian National Plantation Workers' Federation
- Indian National Port and Dock Workers' Federation
- Indian National Rural Labour Federation
- Indian National Salaried Employees' and Professional Workers' Federation
- Indian National Sugar Mill Workers' Federation
- Indian National Textile Workers' Federation
- Indian National Transport Workers' Federation
- National Federation of Indian Railwaymen
- National Federation of Petroleum Workers
- National Federation of Telecommunication Organisations
Leadership
Presidents
| # | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel | 1947 | 1948 |
| 2 | Pratap Singh | 1948 | 1950 |
| 3 | Khandubhai Desai | 1950 | 1952 |
| 4 | Michael John | 1952 | 1955 |
| 5 | Gopala Ramanujam | 1958 | 1960 |
| 6 | Kamakhya P. Tripathi | 1960 | 1968 |
| 7 | Abid Ali | 1968 | 1970 |
| 8 | Mrs. Maitreyee Bose | 1970 | 1972 |
| 9 | Bijoy Chandra Bhagwati[5] | 1972 | 1978 |
| 10 | N. K. Bhatt[6] | 1978 | 1984 |
| 11 | Pt. Bindeshwari Dubey[7] | May 1984 | March 1985 |
| 12 | Gopala Ramanujam | March 1985 | 3 August 1994 |
| 13 | G. Sanjeeva Reddy | 3 August 1994 | Incubent |
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See also
- Trade unions in India
- Indian national congress
References
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Dhoot, Vikas. "INTUC claims 3.33 crore members; Gives Cong required poll boost" – via The Economic Times.
- India Business Yearbook 2009 Career Launcher India Ltd - 2009by - Page 284 The Congress INTUC was born on May 3, 1947 as a historic necessity, just before India attained independence. ... Its founders included Ashok Mehta, RS Ruikar, Maniben Patel..Later,..
- "Industrial Federation". Indian National Trade Union Congress. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- Hazarika, Sanjoy (14 October 2000). Strangers of the Mist: Tales of War and Peace from India's Northeast. ISBN 9788184753349.
- July 15, india today digital; July 15, 1986 ISSUE DATE:; February 3, 1986UPDATED:; Ist, 2014 16:24. "Rajya Sabha elections: Rajiv Gandhi scores a clean victory over virtually everybody else in Congress(I)". India Today.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Bihar CM Bindeshwari Dubey fights Jagannath Mishra, mafia gangs in battle for Dhanbad". India Today.
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