All India Centre for Trade Unions
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All India Centre for Trade Unions was a trade union
centre in Kerala
, India
. It was the labour wing of the Communist Marxist Party
. M.K. Kannan was the Kerala State President of AICTU. In June 2007, AICTU merged into the Hind Mazdoor Sabha. At the time, AICTU claimed to have 150 000 members.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
centre in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It was the labour wing of the Communist Marxist Party
Communist Marxist Party
Communist Marxist Party is a political party in Kerala, south India. The party was founded in 1986 when Communist Party of India leader M. V. Raghavan was expelled from the CPI due to a grave difference of opinion regarding the formation of alliances with the Muslim League...
. M.K. Kannan was the Kerala State President of AICTU. In June 2007, AICTU merged into the Hind Mazdoor Sabha. At the time, AICTU claimed to have 150 000 members.