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CITU national meet to be held in December in Vizag
Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) 18th national meeting would be held at the Andhra University Convention Centre from December 31, 2025 to January 4, 2026.
Speaking to media persons at the Alluru Vignana Kendram here on Sunday, CITU national treasurer Sai Babu said 1,300 delegates of the CITU will participate in the meeting. The policies of NDA are favouring the multi-national companies and corporates and the working class should unite to oppose them, he said.
Mr. Babu said that the CITU has been on the forefront of taking up issues concerning the working class and ongoing agitation against the proposed move to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) is an indication to it. He said the CITU has its presence across the nation and has opposed the anti-worker policies of the governments.
He appealed to the working class to make the proposed general strike on July 9 a success. He alleged that the sectors that contribute to the GDP of the country have been hit hard and lakhs of vacancies in railway and defence sectors are not being filled. He further alleged that some State governments are trying to implement the Labour Code which had not come into existence yet.
CITU State general secretary Ch. Narasing Rao said that the privatisation of VSP has been stopped because of the agitations of the CITU and the Centre is trying to suppress the agitation by appointing persons with RSS background as its CMD.
Meanwhile, the CITU appointed Ch Narasing Rao as the event invitation committee chairman and R.V.S. Kumar as general secretary and A.V. Nageswara Rao as the treasurer.
