AICCTU
All India Central Council of Trade Unions
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The New Labour Codes – Ushering in the Era of the “Dictatorship of the Private Employer”
On 21st November, 2025 the Union Government issued notifications bringing into force four Labour Codes - the Code on Wages, 2019, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020,(OSH Code) the Social Security Code, 2020; and the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 - that had been passed between 2019 and 2021. The four Labour Codes, presented as an anti-colonial “labour reform”, essentially constitute a reorientation of the State’s role in mediating class relations in the country.
Fascist Assault on the Working Class
[This is a greeting message of AICCTU delivered by comrade Clifton D’ Rozario, All India Vice President, to the 18th All India Conference of CITU]
Dear comrades of the presidium, colleagues of the central trade unions, and delegates of the 18th All India Conference of CITU; on behalf of the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), I extend my revolutionary greetings to you all.
165 Days Long Chennai Sanitation Workers’ Struggle Ends on a Positive Note
After more than 160 days of relentless struggle, on January 12 the sanitation workers of Chennai, organised under UUI-LTUC–AICCTU, concluded their fight on a positive note with the DMK government agreeing to their core demands. The workers will continue to be paid directly by the Chennai Corporation, successfully defeating privatisation attempts. Minister P.K. Sekar Babu, along with Mayor R. Priya, visited the LTUC office to end the fast by offering juice to the fasting workers.
At the call of central trade unions Make the All India General Strike on February 12, 2026, a great success!
Friends,
The Modi government is fully prepared to implement the four Labour Codes. After notification on November 21st, central rules are being formulated to implement them. Then, the four Labour Codes will be implemented from April 1st, 2026. The government is using widespread false propaganda to portray these codes as beneficial to workers.
ONWARDS TO THE 12TH FEBRUARY 2026 ALL INDIA GENERAL STRIKE
Declaration
We, the Joint Platform of Ten Central Trade Unions, independent Sectoral Federations and Associations are meeting today in Delhi to deliberate on the everworsening situation in the country on all fronts. This convention is taking place in a very critical situation, when the union government, in order to contain and weaken the trade unions and place the Indian Working Class Movement disarmed in face of the onslaught of capital, have come out with the four labour codes.
DEBUNKING THE PRESS RELEASE ON LABOUR CODES!
On 21st November, 2025, the Modi government has brought into force the 4 labour codes - The Code on Wages, the Code on Industrial Relations, The Code on Occupation, Safety and Health and The Code on Social Security, without prior intimation to the public, or trade unions which represent hundreds of thousands of working people across the country.
Eroding Shores, Silenced Protests: A Fact-Finding Report on the Honnavar Port Project
Red Salute to Comrade Kedar Pradhan!
Comrade Kedar Pradhan is no more with us. He passed away on 29th May 2025. He was 71 years old. Comrade Pradhan was Vice President of AICCTU, Odisha and former General Secretary of Ispat Shramik Sangh in Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). He was also a former State Committee Member of CPI-ML.
He was very dedicated towards the rights of workers and used to fight for all the workers including contract workers in RSP. He took the initiative of forming the party in Rourkela in the 80s.
Sanitation Workers of Chennai Corporation March Ahead
Demanding Regularisation and Against Outsourcing
Chennai corporation is divided into 20 zones and sanitation workers are employed under National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM). The Left Trade Union Centre (LTUC, recently affiliated to AICCTU) has been working among NULM workers for years and took up their cause for minimum wages, regularisation and social dignity.