Trade Union Coordination Centre

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{{short description|Trade union in India}}

{{update|date=March 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox union
| name = TUCC
| location_country = [[India]]
| affiliation = [[World Federation of Trade Unions|WFTU]]
| members = 1.6 million
| full_name = Trade Union Coordination Centre
| native_name =
| image = Tucc2.PNG
| founded = {{Start date and age|1970||}}
| dissolved =
| merged =
| headquarters = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| key_people = K I P MENON, National
President<br />G.R. Shivashankar, General Secretary
| website = {{URL|http://tucc.forwardbloc.org/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''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.<ref>Ahn, Pong-Sul. ''[https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---sro-bangkok/documents/publication/wcms_143481.pdf The growth and decline of political unionism in India: The need for a paradigm shift]''</ref> Prasanta Das Gupta was the founding general secretary of TUCC.<ref>{{cite book|title=Civic Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FNAsAAAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=P. C. Kapoor at the Citizen Press|page=25}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Working Class|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-NQejtJXDeMC|year=1992|publisher=Centre of Indian Trade Unions|page=2}}</ref> Prior to the foundation of TUCC, the trade union leaders of the Forward Bloc had belonged to the [[United Trade Union Congress]].<ref name="Ray2007">{{cite book|author=Sudhir Ray|title=Marxist parties of West Bengal in opposition and in government, 1947–2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=loYOAQAAMAAJ|date=1 November 2007|publisher=Progressive Publishers|isbn=978-81-8064-135-0|page=84}}</ref> TUCC is mainly based in the state of [[West Bengal]].<ref name="Chatterji1985">{{cite book|author=Rakhahari Chatterji|title=Politics in West Bengal: Institutions, Processes, and Problems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=53weAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=World Press|page=141}}</ref>

As of 1980 TUCC claimed to have 272,229 members in 182 affiliated unions.<ref name="Malhotra2013"/> The Ministry of Labour verified 65 affiliated unions with a combined membership of 123,048.<ref name="Malhotra2013">{{cite book|author=Joginder Malhotra|title=Indien: Wirtschaft, Verfassung, Politik: Entwicklungstendenzen bis zur Gegenwart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCbwBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA157|date=9 March 2013|publisher=Springer-Verlag|isbn=978-3-322-90035-7|page=157}}</ref> As of 1995 TUCC was the smallest of the ten Central Trade Union Organisations recognised by the Indian [[Ministry of Labour (India)|Ministry of Labour]], counting 65 affiliated unions.<ref name="Sepoy2019">{{cite book|author=Inzamul Sepoy|title=Indian Economic Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJCpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA130|date=16 August 2019|publisher=Sepoy Publications|page=130|id=GGKEY:X902GZ46Z1H}}</ref> As of 2002, TUCC had 737,760 members, out of whom 554,207 were agricultural or rural workers.<ref name="WittRedding2014">{{cite book|author1=Michael A. Witt|author2=Gordon Redding|title=The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JdPQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA65|year=2014|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-965492-5|page=65}}</ref> In 2011, the Ministry of Labour and Employment estimated that the TUCC had a membership of more than 1.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-29|title=The Central Trade Unions in India|url=http://www.simplynotes.in/mbabba/central-trade-unions/4/|access-date=2021-12-03|website=Simplynotes|language=en}}</ref> The same number was reported by the [[Business Standard]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Menon|first=Sreelatha|date=2013-04-06|title=Indian trade unions are getting bigger, coinciding with slowdown|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/indian-trade-unions-are-getting-bigger-coinciding-with-slowdown-113040600392_1.html|access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref>

As of 2013, G.R. Shivashankar was the president of TUCC.<ref>''Deccan Herald''. ''[https://www.deccanherald.com/content/303717/anganwadi-workers-protest-against-harassment.html Anganwadi workers protest against harassment of women]''</ref><ref>''Viet Nam News''. ''[https://vietnamnews.vn/society/employment/190346/world-unions-join-push-for-jobs.html World unions join push for jobs]''</ref> The general secretary is Nripendra Kumar Mahto.{{when|date=March 2022}}

[[Krishi Shramik Union]] (Agricultural Labour Union) is affiliated to TUCC.<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41BQAQAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat.|page=137}}</ref>

TUCC is affiliated to the [[World Federation of Trade Unions]].<ref>World Federation of Trade Unions. ''[http://www.wftucentral.org/indian-trade-union-delegation-visits-venezuelan-embassy-in-new-delhi/ Indian Trade Union Delegation visits Venezuelan Embassy in New Delhi]''</ref>

==References==
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==See also==
{{Portal|Organized labour}}
*[[Indian Trade Unions]]

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[[Category:Trade Union Coordination Centre| ]]
[[Category:National trade union centres of India]]
[[Category:World Federation of Trade Unions]]
[[Category:All India Forward Bloc]]
[[Category:Trade unions established in 1970]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in Delhi]]
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