Trade Union Coordination Centre
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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.
TUCC was founded in 1970.<ref>Ahn, Pong-Sul. 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>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</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">Template:Cite book</ref> TUCC is mainly based in the state of West Bengal.<ref name="Chatterji1985">Template:Cite book</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">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name="Sepoy2019">Template:Cite book</ref> As of 2002, TUCC had 737,760 members, out of whom 554,207 were agricultural or rural workers.<ref name="WittRedding2014">Template:Cite book</ref> In 2011, the Ministry of Labour and Employment estimated that the TUCC had a membership of more than 1.6 million.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The same number was reported by the Business Standard in 2013.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
As of 2013, G.R. Shivashankar was the TUCC president<ref>Deccan Herald. Anganwadi workers protest against harassment of women</ref><ref>Viet Nam News. World unions join push for jobs</ref> and Nripendra Kumar Mahto the general secretary.Template:When
Krishi Shramik Union (Agricultural Labour Union) is affiliated to TUCC.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
TUCC is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.<ref>World Federation of Trade Unions. Indian Trade Union Delegation visits Venezuelan Embassy in New Delhi</ref>
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