Trade Union Coordination Centre
Trade union in India
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Trade Union Coordination Centre is a central trade union federation in India. TUCC is politically attached to All India Forward Bloc.
Trade Union Coordination Centre | |
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| Founded | 1970 |
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| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
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| Members | 1.6 million (2013) |
Key people | Probir Banerjee, President G.R. Shivashankar, General Secretary |
| Affiliations | WFTU |
| Website | tucc |
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 TUCC president[11][12] and Nripendra Kumar Mahto the general secretary.[when?]
Krishi Shramik Union (Agricultural Labour Union) is affiliated to TUCC.[13]
TUCC is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.[14]
