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| image        = aituc-flag.svg
| image        = aituc-flag.svg
| founded      = {{start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1920|10|31}} at<br>[[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br> [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] : First President <br>Dewan Chaman Lal : First General Secretary
| founded      = {{start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1920|10|31}} at<br>[[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br> [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] : First President <br>V.M. Pawar : First General Secretary
| headquarters = AITUC Bhavan, 35-36, DDU Marg, Rose Avenue, [[New Delhi]] - 110002
| headquarters = AITUC Bhavan, 35-36, DDU Marg, Rose Avenue, [[New Delhi]] - 110002
| key_people  =  [[Amarjeet Kaur (Politician)|Amarjeet Kaur]] {{small|(General Secretary)}}<br> [[Ramendra Kumar (politician)|Ramendra Kumar]] {{small|(President)}}<br>
| key_people  =  [[Amarjeet Kaur (Politician)|Amarjeet Kaur]] {{small|(General Secretary)}}<br> [[Ramendra Kumar (politician)|Ramendra Kumar]] {{small|(President)}}<br>
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[[File:Aituctoddyarbetare.JPG|thumb| Collectorate March by Toddy Workers Body affiliated with AITUC at [[Alappuzha]]]]
[[File:Aituctoddyarbetare.JPG|thumb| Collectorate March by Toddy Workers Body affiliated with AITUC at [[Alappuzha]]]]


The '''All India Trade Union Congress''' (AITUC) is the oldest [[Indian Trade Unions|trade union]] federation in [[India]]. It is associated with the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/03/coal-j03.html|title=Hundreds of thousands of Indian coal miners launch three-day strike against privatisation|website=wsws.org}}</ref> According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, AITUC had a membership of 14.2 million in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/economy-policy/indian-trade-unions-are-getting-bigger-coinciding-with-slowdown-113040600392_1.html|title=Indian trade unions are getting bigger, coinciding with slowdown|website=business-standard.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409191235/http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2011 }}</ref> It was founded on 31 October 1920 with [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] as its first president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianlabour.org/index.php/labour-centers/nlc/aituc/|title=All India Trade Union Congress {{!}}|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref>
The '''All India Trade Union Congress''' (AITUC) is the oldest [[Indian Trade Unions|trade union]] federation in [[India]]. It is associated with the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/03/coal-j03.html|title=Hundreds of thousands of Indian coal miners launch three-day strike against privatisation|website=wsws.org}}</ref> According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, AITUC had a membership of 14.2 million in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/economy-policy/indian-trade-unions-are-getting-bigger-coinciding-with-slowdown-113040600392_1.html|title=Indian trade unions are getting bigger, coinciding with slowdown|website=business-standard.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409191235/http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2011 }}</ref> It was founded on 31 October 1920 with [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] as its first president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianlabourarchives.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/2119 |title=All India Trade Union Congress {{!}}|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref>


In Bombay by [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], [[Joseph Baptista]], [[N. M. Joshi]],<ref name="Jayapalan">{{cite book|author=N. Jayapalan|title=History Of India (from National Movement To Present Day), Volume 4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Z8OzIyGt0MC&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139|year=2001|publisher=Atlantic Publishers|isbn=9788171569175|pages=139}}</ref> [[Diwan Chaman Lall]] and a few others and, until 1945 when unions became organised on party lines, it was the primary trade union organisation in India. Since then, it has been associated with the [[Communist Party of India]].
In Bombay by [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], [[Joseph Baptista]], [[N. M. Joshi]],<ref name="Jayapalan">{{cite book|author=N. Jayapalan|title=History Of India (from National Movement To Present Day), Volume 4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Z8OzIyGt0MC&pg=PA139|year=2001|publisher=Atlantic Publishers|isbn=9788171569175|pages=139}}</ref> [[Diwan Chaman Lall]] and a few others and, until 1945 when unions became organised on party lines, it was the primary trade union organisation in India. Since then, it has been associated with the [[Communist Party of India]].


AITUC is governed by a body headed by National President [[Ramendra Kumar (politician)|Ramendra Kumar]] and General Secretary [[Amarjeet Kaur (Politician)|Amarjeet Kaur]], both the politician affiliated with [[Communist Party of India]].
AITUC is governed by a body headed by National President [[Ramendra Kumar (politician)|Ramendra Kumar]] and General Secretary [[Amarjeet Kaur (Politician)|Amarjeet Kaur]], both the politician affiliated with [[Communist Party of India]].
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|41st|| 25-28 Feb 2016|| Coimbatore
|41st|| 25-28 Feb 2016|| Coimbatore
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|Mid-Term|| 11 December 2017|| Ranchi, Jharkhand|| [[Amarjeet Kaur (politician)|Amarjeet Kaur]]
|Mid-Term|| 11 December 2017|| Ranchi, Jharkhand|| [[Amarjeet Kaur]]
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* [[Vegetable Market Workers Union]]
* [[Vegetable Market Workers Union]]
* [[Visakha Steel Workers Union]]
* [[Visakha Steel Workers Union]]
*[[National Fuel Labour Union]]
*[https://www.itecindia.org/ IT and Allied Employees Confederation]


==See also==
==See also==
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*{{cite book
*{{cite book
  | year = 2005
  | year = 2005
  | title = '''Trade Unions of the World'''
  | title = Trade Unions of the World
  | editor = ICTUR
  | editor = ICTUR
  | editor-link = International Centre for Trade Union Rights
  | editor-link = International Centre for Trade Union Rights
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*[http://indianlabour.org/index.php/labour-centers/nlc/aituc/ Indianlabour - AITUC]
*[http://indianlabour.org/index.php/labour-centers/nlc/aituc/ Indianlabour - AITUC]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100726173634/http://www.indialabourarchives.org/col/aituc.htm Archive of AITUC documents]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100726173634/http://www.indialabourarchives.org/col/aituc.htm Archive of AITUC documents]
*[https://indianlabourarchives.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/2119 Indian Labour Archives - AITUC]
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[[Category:Socialist organisations in India]]
[[Category:Socialist organisations in India]]


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