Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) is a national trade union in India. It was founded on 3 May 1947 and is affiliated with the
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation.
History
The federation w ...
. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, INTUC had a membership of 33.95 million in 2013, making it the largest Trade Union in India.
Early years
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
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Shankarrao Deo
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Jagjivan Ram
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B. G. Kher
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, OP Mehtab,
Aruna Asaf Ali,
Ram Manohar Lohia
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Ashoka Mehta
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Ramchandra Sakharam Ruikar
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Maniben Patel
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and other prominent trade unionists.
Under the guidance of
Mahatma Gandhi
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, the founding fathers in their wisdom preferred to let the INTUC have an independent identity with its own constitution, while at the same time functioning as an arm of the Congress.
INTUC Congress relationship
Since inception, INTUC has been maintaining very close relationship with
AICC. On several occasions there have been discussions over the relationship between INTUC and AICC and the need for having continuous dialogue between the two organisations on issues of mutual interests. In order to have regular interaction between the INTUC & AICC a five-member committee was appointed by the AICC in 1967 and
Gulzarilal Nanda
Gulzarilal Nanda (4 July 1898 – 15 January 1998) was an Indian politician and economist who specialized in labour issues. He was the Interim Prime Minister of India for two 13-day tenures following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and L ...
was the convener. Similarly during 2002, an advisory committee was formed under the chairmanship of
Pranab Mukherjee
Dr. Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 193531 August 2020) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th president of India from 2012 until 2017. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the India ...
. Three general secretaries represented
AICC in the committee. On behalf of INTUC,
G. Sanjeeva Reddy president, then general secretary and two vice-presidents represented. Later
G. Sanjeeva Reddy was included in the CWC.
Objectives of INTUC
To establish an order of society which is free from hindrance in the way on an all round development of its individual members, which fosters the growth of human personality in all its aspects and goes to the utmost limit in progressively eliminating social political or economic exploitation and inequality, the profit motive in the economic activity and organisation of society and the anti-social concentration in any form.
To place industry under national ownership and control in suitable form in order to realise the aforesaid objectives in the quickest time.
To organise society in such a manner as to ensure full employment and the best utilisation of its manpower and other resources.
To secure increasing association of the worker in the administration of industry and their full participation in its control.
To promote generally the social civic and political interest of the working class
To secure an effective and complete organisation of all categories of workers, including agricultural labour.
To guide and co-ordinate the activities of the affiliated organisations.
To assist and co-ordinate the activities of the affiliated organisations.
To assist in the formation of trade unions.
To promote the organisation of workers of each industry on a nationwide basis.
To assist in the formation of Regional or Pradesh Branches or Federations.
To secure speedy improvement of conditions of work and life and of the status of the workers in industry and society.
To obtain for the workers various measures of social security, including adequate provision in respect of accidents, maternity, sickness, old age and unemployment.
To secure a living wage for every worker in normal employment and to bring about a progressive improvement in the workers
standard of living
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To regulate hours and other conditions of work in keeping with the conditions of the workers and to ensure the proper enforcement of legislation for the protection and up-lift of labour.
To establish just industrial relations.
To secure redressal of grievances, without stoppages of work, by means of negotiations and conciliation and failing these by arbitration or adjudication.
To take recourse to other legitimate method, including strikes or any suitable form of satyagraha, where adjudication is not applied and settlement of disputes within a reasonable time by arbitration is not available for the redress of grievances.
To make necessary arrangements for the efficient conduct satisfactory and speedy conclusion of authorised strikes or satyagraha.
To foster the spirit of solidarity, service, brotherhood co-operation and mutual help among the workers.
To develop in the workers a sense of responsibility towards the industry and community.
To raise the workers' standard of efficiency and discipline.
Affiliates
The INTUC's current affiliates are:
* 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
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Indian National Defence Workers' Federation
Indian National Defence Workers Federation (INDWF) is a trade union in India, affiliated to the Indian National Trade Union Congress, that organizes civilian workers in factories and other establishments under the Ministry of Defence. INDWF ...
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Indian National Electricity Workers' Federation
Indian National Electricity Workers' Federation is a trade union in India, affiliated to the Indian National Trade Union Congress
Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) is a national trade union in India. It was founded on 3 May 1947 ...
* Indian National Food and Drink Workers' Federation
* Indian National Jute Workers' Federation
* Indian National Metal Workers' Federation
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Indian National Mineworkers' Federation
The Indian National Mineworkers' Federation (INMF) is a trade union representing miners in India.
History
The union was founded in 1949 on the initiative of the Indian National Trade Union Congress, bringing together numerous regional unions of m ...
* 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
See also
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Trade unions in India
Trade Unions in India are registered and file annual returns under the Trade Union Act (1926). Statistics on Trade Unions are collected annually by the Labour Bureau of the Ministry of Labour, Government of India. As per the latest data, re ...
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Indian national congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
References
External links
Official site
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