All India Defence Employees Federation is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

in India that organizes civilian workers in factories and other establishments under the Ministry of Defence. AIDEF is supported jointly by the

All India Trade Union Congress The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) is the oldest trade union federation in India. It is associated with the Communist Party of India. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, AITUC had a membership of 14.2 mil ...

and the

Centre of Indian Trade Unions The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is a national level trade union in India. It is associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist). It has presence mostly in the Indian state of Tripura, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnatak ...

. AIDEF was founded in 1953. S.N. Pathak is the president C. Srikumar are General Secretary's of AIDEF.(From June'2013 to June 2016) AIDEF opposes privatization of Defence units and ordnance factories.

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